Abstract: A paint-bucket holder (12) to be used for painting housings made of ferric material includes a support frame having a base portion forming a mounting plane and an upright portion rigidly attached to the base portion having spaced swivel bucket attachments for coupling the upright portion to opposite sides of the upper end of a paint bucket (14) thereby allowing the bucket to swivel and remain upright for various positions of the support frame. Magnetic foot assemblies (24a-d ) are attached to the base portion for magnetically attaching the paint bucket holder to a facing (16) of the ferric material housing. The magnetic foot assemblies are spaced outside of the vertically-projected perimeter of the paint bucket. The base portion has a vertical clearance between side foot assemblies such that the paint bucket holder can stradle a standing seam (18) of the ferric-material housing (16).