THESE ARE SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS:
Choose a place to work—kitchen table, bench in woodshed, sewing table in nursery, workshop, barn, back porch, under a tree in the orchard or back yard.
Spread papers or oil cloth to protect mother’s furniture and carpets from paint.
Choose a place to put your furniture while it is drying, where no one is liable to put other things which might be damaged by the paint.
Use a screw driver to pry off the cover of the paint can; scissors or knife will break if used for this purpose.
Use a small stick like a meat skewer or old pen-holder to stir your paint from the bottom. It will need to be stirred thoroughly each time it is used.
Paint all the underneath and lower parts first, while you are still able to hold it in your hands; then set it down and hold an upper corner while you paint all the rest; then let go and paint that corner.
Put the cover on the can when you have finished. If the paint has thickened on the edge of the can it should be scraped off, because the paint will dry up if the cover is not tightly closed.
Thoroughly clean your brush.
Put your painting materials in some place where mother lets you keep such things.
Pick up and destroy all the soiled papers.
