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Paint sure can be expensive right? Not long ago, I was in my local DIY store looking for paint for my bedroom. It had been a while since I\u2019d actually bought paint, so I was pretty shocked when I saw how much it cost!\n<\/p>\n
You might want paint for your home or for DIY projects. If so, I have some great tips to share with you that can help you to get free paint!<\/p>\n
Yes, you really can get paint (in any color) for free! By the way, if you\u2019re looking for wallpaper for a room, be sure to check out our post on how to get free wallpaper samples<\/a>.<\/p>\n In today\u2019s post, I\u2019ll cover lots of tips, tricks, and websites you can use for getting paint for free!<\/p>\n I\u2019ll cover ways to get:<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever wanted to know, \u201cwhere can I get free paint near me?<\/em>\u201d, read on to find out.<\/p>\n Stores often have promos where they give away paint samples for free. Or they even offer deals where you can get full-sized paint cans for free. Recently, I got a deal where I got three cans of paint for the price of two. I was painting a pretty large area of our home, so this worked out to be a great deal.<\/p>\n I would highly recommend looking out for deals at stores where they sell paint like:<\/p>\n Also, you can check with the paint brands themselves, such as<\/strong><\/p>\n I would recommend not only looking on the deals section of these sites if they have one, but also:<\/p>\n Craigslist is a treasure-trove for random freebies. Seriously, you can get pretty much anything you can think of on there for free. I\u2019ve seen video games, furniture, clothing, and tons of other stuff on there that people are just giving away for free.<\/p>\n If it\u2019s free paint that you\u2019re after, it\u2019s so worth having a look on there. Sure, there won\u2019t always be people offering paint on there, but you never know you may be lucky and find someone who\u2019s offering free paint near you.<\/p>\n So, just how do you go about finding freebies on Craigslist?<\/p>\n Well, it\u2019s simple really:<\/p>\n Like I said above, there may not be anyone offering free paint locally, but it\u2019s still worth having a quick search on there.<\/p>\n Now, if you are meeting up with someone from Craigslist, make sure that you take safety precautions. So, meet in a public place, and take somebody with you if you can, and tell someone else where you\u2019re going and who you are meeting with.<\/p>\n You can also sometimes find people giving away paint on Facebook Marketplace. Now, you may know Facebook Marketplace as a platform where you can buy and sell stuff.<\/p>\n However, it also has a section that\u2019s dedicated to free stuff<\/a>. There, you\u2019ll find people giving away all sorts of freebies!<\/p>\n This could include paint. Now, you won\u2019t always find people on there giving away paint, but it\u2019s definitely worth a look.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for paint for an accent wall, to paint a bench in your garden, or whatever project it is that you have in mind, then I would definitely have a quick check on Facebook Marketplace.<\/p>\n You can free the free stuff section, which I linked to below, and then use the search bar on the site to find free paint.<\/p>\n Next on the list we have Freecycle. If you haven\u2019t heard about Freecycle before it\u2019s basically a website where people can give away free stuff and get things for free locally. The website encourages the recycling of items rather than throwing out the things that we don\u2019t need.<\/p>\n So, people who are looking to declutter a little use Freecycle to give their stuff away rather than throwing it out.<\/p>\n As they say, one man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure!<\/p>\n People give away all sorts of items on there. You can even request free things on there as well. You may be able to find someone who\u2019s giving away free paint near you.<\/p>\n Sometimes you can get free paint from your local recycling center, dump, or hazardous waste facility. These facilities collect unwanted pain from homeowners and business owners, and then they set it aside so that people can come and take it for free.<\/p>\n Some centers will offer this paint on a First-come, First-served basis, and others may have certain days throughout the year where they have free paint giveaways. Just call your local recycling or hazardous waste center to see if they offer free paint.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t have any old paint cans lying around, then ask around. Most people do have paint leftover from other projects that they just haven\u2019t used. In most cases, this paint ends up drying out and going to waste. So why not ask around your family and friends to see if they have any old paint cans that they don\u2019t need?<\/p>\n Most of the time they will \u2013 all you have to do is ask! They\u2019ll be happy to give it to you. Of course, you\u2019re not going to be able to decide on the color or quantity, but for DIY projects<\/a>, it\u2019s such a good idea!<\/p>\n I think that in most homes across the country, you\u2019ll find at least one can of paint. I know that in our shed, there\u2019s at least two! When I last painted a room in our house, we bought this cream paint for the ceiling, and it was only available in a huge tub. Lo and behold, we didn\u2019t end up using all of that paint for the ceiling.<\/p>\n So, we just put it in the shed and forgot about it. A little later, we decided that we wanted to spruce up one of the built-in closets in our home. It wasn\u2019t a huge space, but it looked tired and like it could do with a new coat of paint.<\/p>\n When looking for something else in the shed, my husband found the leftover cream paint that we\u2019d used for the ceiling. Since the lid was firmly on it, the paint was still fine, and we used it for the closet.<\/p>\n This meant that we didn\u2019t have to spend money on new paint, and the leftover paint we already had didn\u2019t go to waste.<\/p>\n Take a look in your garage, shed, or wherever you keep your DIY supplies to check that you don\u2019t have an old can of paint that you forgot about. It\u2019s likely that you do!<\/p>\n\n
How to Get Free Paint for DIY & House Painting<\/h2>\n
1. Look out for giveaways, promos, and other offers<\/h3>\n
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2. Browse Craigslist<\/h3>\n
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3. Look on Facebook Marketplace<\/h3>\n
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4. Get free paint from Freecycle<\/h3>\n
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5. Ask at your local recycling center<\/h3>\n
6. Ask around<\/h3>\n
7. Check around your home<\/h3>\n