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I'm sure everyone is familiar with clogged dropper bottles ejecting a huge blob of paint when you squeeze too hard. Recently, I've been having a similar, more irritating problem. When I open a recently-shaken bottle, residual air pressure or something pushes out a mass of paint even when the bottle is upright. I pop off the tip to equalize air pressure, but that doesn't seem to help. Can anyone smarter than me suggest a solution?

I've had the same problem but I found that popping off the tip worked fine for me. I've also found storing them upright and keeping them out of direct sunlight has reduced the problem (but not stopped it)

This trick works for me every time.

Before shaking the bottle open the lid and gently squeeze the bottle so that you push the air out and holding the bottle in that position, close the lid tight.

Now you can shake the bottle as is the last thing you do in you life cause when you open the lid the bottle will expand and it will suck the air in.
It's impossible to paint to spill out that way.

I have zero accidents since i've been using this method.