Free not on Side of Road

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

Also in our cleaning out, we have several cans of paint (latex, in gallons and quarts, interior, eggshell finish) that we cannot get rid of until the next Haz Waste day (in April). We'd love to pass these on to someone who might use them for an art project or house decorating or whatever. What we hope is that someone would take all or most of it off our hands, rather than people picking and choosing colors. There are 18 cans in total, and colors include white, taupe, peach/tan, pale yellow, brown (small can), blue/teal (small can), a greenish blue (small can), a dusty green, hot pink, and more. None of the gallons are more than half full, the small cans are probably more than half full.

If anyone is interested in taking them, or has a suggestion on how to get rid of them before April, please drop a line to me.

Comments

[greyling.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I'm a pick-and-chooser, but I'd be happy to take all of the "not-white/off-white/basically yellow or boring" colors off of your hands. :)

Something is better than nothing....

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'd rather get rid of some than none, so any time you want to come by, check out the colors that are here, and take what you want, you are welcome to it. The only caveat being that if someone wants all of it before you are available, we won't hold any of it. Does that sound fair? (I don't imagine this is something you need to rush over for, though, some time this week would be good, though). We're on Cameron Avenue. I'm available the rest of the night tonight, after work hours (6pm or later, on Monday, Thursdays, or Fridays), and any time of day on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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[greyling.livejournal.com]

How about either Tuesday morning (11ish), or Monday evening around 10pm?

Yay, paint!
- me

Re: Something is better than nothing....

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

I can't promise I will be awake at 10pm on Monday, so Tuesday morning it is. It's #23, apartment 2.

Yay getting rid of paint!

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[greyling.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Tuesday morning at 11. I'll make a zipcar reservation Monday night (I don't fancy carrying however many gallons of paint, even if it only is a 15 minute walk or so) - so let me know if someone else grabs it before then? :)

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[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

omg yes. when i moved to quincy i took a half day at work to come home, pick up some paint, and well, paint. i took the T to work since we were by the quincy adams station, which has a home depot right behind it.

oh my god, carrying those paint cans plus a backpack full of supplies even just a mile home was TORTURE. some brands now have cans without that awful wire handle which is awesome.

anyways, /useless comment, heh. you could even grab their granny cart from the trash tonight and use that for free ;)

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[emcicle.livejournal.com]

you could even grab their granny cart from the trash tonight and use that for free

I was going to suggest this as well, but as of 7:30pm, it is gone.

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[greyling.livejournal.com]

Hi there!

I'm making a zipcar reservation right now. I'll be there shortly after 11 am! See you tomorrow morning. :)

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[emcicle.livejournal.com]

excellent. I may take the kiddos to the library, leaving my very capable husband home to help you with the paint picking. So if I don't meet you, I hope you enjoy all the paint you take! :)

(also, please remember apt #2, the neighbors get really bitchy if anyone rings their door bell!)

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[emcicle.livejournal.com]

Glad you found paint that you liked! hope you get good use out it!

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Good luck finding someone who wants it! It's possible!

If you don't, you _are_ allowed to throw away latex paint. It just needs to be dried first. You can mix it with cat litter, paint drying stuff, or pour it out (onto something you were already going to throw away) and let it dry.

Congrats on your cleanout!

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

We have dried out some paint before, either by leaving lids off when there wasn't much left, or the kitty litter plan. Just figured this was a lot of paint to dispose of that way. If someone above takes the bright fun colors, and we just have to do the "boring" colors, that would make it much more manageable.

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

I know that when I was in high school, the theatre kids could always use more light coloured paint to use as a basecoat when repainting sets. I didn't go to school in this state, so I don't know that any school theatres would be interested, but if you're looking for someone who might like the paint, you might look there?

~Sor

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

this is a great idea, and exactly what I was hoping someone would know about... Whatever doesn't get claimed by greyling I will try to send to a local school.

[ron_newman]

If you don't get takers for all of it here, try Somerville Freecycle.

[avjudge]

Yes, if I remember correctly someone was looking for neutral paint colors there just in the last couple of weeks!