By
eHow Home & Garden Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Quarts and One-Gallon Paint Cans
Step1
Insert a screwdriver or a paint-can-opening tool between the lid and edge of the paint bucket.
Step2
Pry downward around circumference of the can.
Five-Gallon Buckets
Step1
Open plastic lids by removing the thin plastic strip that holds the flanges together, pulling the starting tab. Insert your screwdriver or paint-can-opening tool under the flanges and pry upward around circumference of lid.
Step2
Open plastic lids that don't have a plastic strip by carefully cutting the flanges apart with sharp scissors or a carpenter's knife. Insert your paint-can-opening tool under the flanges and pry upward around the circumference of the lid.
Step3
Open metal lids by inserting your paint-can-opening tool under the flanges and prying upward around the circumference of the lid.
Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Once opened, take a nail and poke some holes in the lip of the can. It allows paint to drain back into the can.