Abstract: A multi-purpose paint stick is described. The paint stick allows a painter to scrape paint from the inside of various size cans, to comb his paint brush to remove unwanted particles, to suspend a paint strainer over a can to mix paint, to measure exact amounts or proportional amounts of components of a multicomponent paint, to support the paint stick over an open paint can to allow draining, to hang the paint stick on a dowel or thin piece of wire to allow draining and to support paint brushes over an open can to allow paint to drain therefrom.