Almost everybody knows to use a 5-gallon bucket to hang paint brushes to soak them clean. But even here, there’s room for improvement. Don’t just hang one or two brushes, set up to hang all of ...

Use your extra trash bags as 5-gallon bucket liners to make a 5-gallon paint bucket. This tip is especially helpful when ...

If you are mixing heavier mediums, it’s a good idea to choose a bucket manufactured at 90 mil (.09 inches) in thickness or greater. Used 5-gallon paint buckets work well, as do empty joint ...

Jim Mackenzie, author of The Five Gallon Bucket Book, wrote: "They hold everything from paint to pickles, and, there are 250-million made each year." That is a lot of buckets.