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Painting tips <br />Successful stenciling depends on using the paint correctly. Aerosol and liquid paints <br />have different directions -- follow our suggestions carefully!! <br />When stenciling, if you have trouble with painting and the stencil doesn't look right, <br />don't try to clean it up and re-do it. You're likely to make it worse. Instead, move on <br />to another drain and try to avoid whatever went wrong the last time. <br />Stenciling with Aerosol Paint: <br />Shake the aerosol can before spraying and between sprays to keep it from clogging. <br />Hold the aerosol can 6 inches above the stencil and spray the paint in a back <br />and forth motion across the stencil. Always be careful to spray at <br />" `~ the stencil and not at anything or anybody else. Also, use paint sparingly <br />-you don't need a lot to make it legible. <br />f <br />Stenciling with Liquid Paint: <br />Dip the roller or foam brush into the paint can, remove excess paint by rolling or <br />dabbing it on newspaper, and apply it to the stencil. With liquid paint, it is especially <br />important to use small amounts on the roller. Too much paint will . ^,,. <br />seep under the stencil and smear. When you're using liquid pai:.i, <br />it's also important to practice stenciling ahead of time. It'll <br />pay off on stenciling day! _ <br />I, <br />If you spill the paint, use rags to "dam it up" so it doesn't <br />flow into the drain or into the street. Soak up spilled paint <br />with newspapers. (Once the newspapers dry, you can dispose of them in the trash.) <br />Step 6: Congratulate your team, you've <br />stenciled a drain! Deliver leaflets to <br />nearby homes, if you haven't done so <br />already, and move on to your next drain. <br />When you finish stenciling: <br />(If you used liquid latex paint, clean the <br />roller with water first.) <br />Ask your project. coordinator how to <br />dispose of any empty paint cans, trash and <br />recyclables you may have. <br />Celebrate! You've worked hard. and <br />Report the number of drains stenciled to helped to protect our environment. <br />your project coordinator. Return all of the <br />stenciling equipment, including the paint. <br />Printed on recycled paper containing at feast Revised 12/93 <br />10°b fibers from paper recycled by consumers <br />