Al Carrell: You know, painting is one of the messiest do-it-yourself projects we get involved in, but it doesn't have to be. First of all, you want to cover everything that doesn't need to be painted, and that includes yourself. For example, you know when you start painting a ceiling up there, you're going to end up with paint flecks all over your hair. There is a way to prevent that. First of all, you can go into the paint store and maybe they're going to have one of these caps for you, but they look a little bit silly. And if they don't have the cap, then you can make one out of a paper bag. This, I believe, is a little, a little too big, maybe you need to get a smaller bag. But the best thing to do is to take a shower cap, put the shower cap on, now you've got your head protected.
Next thing you want to do is protect your glasses, if you're going to be wearing glasses, or goggles if you're going to be wearing goggles. And you can do that by taking Saran wrap and just taking the Saran wrap, if you can get the glasses on your ears, and putting the Saran wrap over each one of the lenses. It will stick on and when you get through painting you can peel off the Saran wrap and you won't have any paint flecks on your glasses. I know, your vision is not going to be impaired that much, a little bit though.
The next thing you want to do is to cover your clothing. And what we'll do here is take a plastic bag and cut up the side. Also cut out an opening for you head and an opening for your arm on the other side. And then, you can just take a piece of tape and stick it on, and your protected. You also want to protect any exposed skin. And you can do that by making invisible gloves out of petroleum jelly. The paint will get on your hands but it won't go into the pores. You want to protect the skin on your face also, and you can either use petroleum jelly or you can take cold cream and maybe that will do a good job and make your skin better.
Now you know when you get all dressed up like this, what's going to happen. The door bell is going to ring and you're going to have to go answer the door looking like a fool. But don't worry about it, don't even apologize. Just get another plastic bag and ask your caller to come on in and help.
Episode 016 1995 - 96 Season
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