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fatlazyless · 03-17-2026, 10:50 AM

New Hampshire HB-451, a latex paint recycling fee met up with Gov Ayotte's veto on Monday, March 16, 2026 despite it being sponsored by both Democratic and Republican state reps and supported by paint manufacturers.

So now what? Haz-mat day at your local town transfer station does NOT accept latex paint. They only accept oil based paint.

The recommended method of drying out latex paint using cat litter or paint hardener or sawdust is not easy to do. It requires a lot of summer heat, low humidity, and enough time in the sun to dry it out like maybe three days of 85-degrees and low humidity, and lots of sunshine.

Maybe someone will design a 'latex paint baking tray', a large aluminum baking tray made from heavy aluminum foil, with divided sections and a cover lid designed to bake/dry out latex paint by heating it up to 325-degrees for one hour inside the kitchen oven just like baking a cake? Will this work? It might just work mixed with cat litter to reduce latex paint to a dry latex paint cake suitable to dispose legally?

Will someone please give this 'latex paint baking' a tryout in their oven and then post some photos here and inform the NH public? Thanks in advance!

Maybe unwanted latex paint can be mixed with sidewalk cement and used for building New Hampshire town and state sidewalks with granite gray latex paint mixed colored cement?

03-17-2026, 10:50 AM	#25
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,169 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	..... baking your old unwanted latex paint in the oven? New Hampshire HB-451, a latex paint recycling fee met up with Gov Ayotte's veto on Monday, March 16, 2026 despite it being sponsored by both Democratic and Republican state reps and supported by paint manufacturers. So now what? Haz-mat day at your local town transfer station does NOT accept latex paint. They only accept oil based paint. The recommended method of drying out latex paint using cat litter or paint hardener or sawdust is not easy to do. It requires a lot of summer heat, low humidity, and enough time in the sun to dry it out like maybe three days of 85-degrees and low humidity, and lots of sunshine. Maybe someone will design a 'latex paint baking tray', a large aluminum baking tray made from heavy aluminum foil, with divided sections and a cover lid designed to bake/dry out latex paint by heating it up to 325-degrees for one hour inside the kitchen oven just like baking a cake? Will this work? It might just work mixed with cat litter to reduce latex paint to a dry latex paint cake suitable to dispose legally? Will someone please give this 'latex paint baking' a tryout in their oven and then post some photos here and inform the NH public? Thanks in advance! Maybe unwanted latex paint can be mixed with sidewalk cement and used for building New Hampshire town and state sidewalks with granite gray latex paint mixed colored cement? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!