Dont cry over spilt paint!
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Trustmeimadoctor said:
managed to knock over 5 litres of little greene paint last night lid was on but pushed it over with step ive never moved so fast!
managed to scoop a lot of it up am i mad to try straining it and saving £85 of paint?
As a yoof working at a DIY place. I was moving a pallet of paint, piled about 4' high, no shrink wrap. The thing started to run away with me down an incline, I dropped the wheels to brake it. The whole lot toppled over.managed to scoop a lot of it up am i mad to try straining it and saving £85 of paint?
Not popular that day.
Trustmeimadoctor said:
managed to knock over 5 litres of little greene paint last night lid was on but pushed it over with step ive never moved so fast!
managed to scoop a lot of it up am i mad to try straining it and saving £85 of paint?
No madder than spending £85 on a 5ltr tin of paint in the first place managed to scoop a lot of it up am i mad to try straining it and saving £85 of paint?
Quite a few years ago I bought some fence paint, one of those vat sized tubs. Placed it in the boot of my Mk2 Golf and headed off home. I then went out on my bike and didn't return to the car for a good few hours. Went to get the paint out of the Golf and the lid had popped off the paint, it had soaked into the carpet, the back of the seat and the parcel shelf. It was a GTi and I may have had a spirited drive home (this is pistonheads!), I had to strip everything out and jet wash everything. Took ages to get it all dry! I'm a lot more careful with any liquids in the car now.
OP straining it should be fine, I would have been straining spending £80+ on 5l of paint.
OP straining it should be fine, I would have been straining spending £80+ on 5l of paint.
I wouldn't bother trying to strain it - getting all the tiny bits out will be near impossible.
I'd just leave the tin to settle for a few days, most of the junk will sink towards the bottom. I'd then use the tin for the first coat (ladle the paint out though so as to avoid tilting the tin and disturbing the rubbish in the bottom), don't use the last inch or so in the tin, then gently go over the (dry) painted walls with a fine sanding sponge to remove any bits.
Then buy a new 2.5ltr tin for the final coat!
I'd just leave the tin to settle for a few days, most of the junk will sink towards the bottom. I'd then use the tin for the first coat (ladle the paint out though so as to avoid tilting the tin and disturbing the rubbish in the bottom), don't use the last inch or so in the tin, then gently go over the (dry) painted walls with a fine sanding sponge to remove any bits.
Then buy a new 2.5ltr tin for the final coat!
Feel your pain. I've done done it, but having using similar prices paint (Designers Guide, Paint & Paper etc) while it makes the room its not cheap and you are very aware of not wanting to cock up up or run out 2ft short!
yellowtang said:
I wouldn't bother trying to strain it - getting all the tiny bits out will be near impossible.
I'd just leave the tin to settle for a few days, most of the junk will sink towards the bottom. I'd then use the tin for the first coat (ladle the paint out though so as to avoid tilting the tin and disturbing the rubbish in the bottom), don't use the last inch or so in the tin, then gently go over the (dry) painted walls with a fine sanding sponge to remove any bits.
Then buy a new 2.5ltr tin for the final coat!
Seems the best plan. You can always very mildly sand it if first coat has some inclusions..I'd just leave the tin to settle for a few days, most of the junk will sink towards the bottom. I'd then use the tin for the first coat (ladle the paint out though so as to avoid tilting the tin and disturbing the rubbish in the bottom), don't use the last inch or so in the tin, then gently go over the (dry) painted walls with a fine sanding sponge to remove any bits.
Then buy a new 2.5ltr tin for the final coat!
yup done that too - just completed plastering walls of house after a major rebuild - was just getting ready to start mist coats with one of those huge plastic buckets of white paint from b and q. Got to the top of the stairs and the handle gave way.....it went everywhere. Anyone who ever lifts the carpet will wonder why I bothered to paint the chip board floor!!!
I remember being out with my parents as a kid and we came across a car crash in one of the county lanes. My Dad jumped out to help and suddenly, around the bend came this man who was head to foot in red. I honestly thought he's been really badly injured and was bleeding to death. 7 year old me was utterly horrified and about to burst into tears until my Mum pointed out the inside of the car was the same colour.
He'd crashed with about eight cans of red paint in the boot.
He'd crashed with about eight cans of red paint in the boot.
I opened the back of my van only for a 2,5 litre tub of gloss to fall out onto the road. I tried to scoop as much up as I could but it ended up a dustbin lid sized patch of white paint on the road.
The one time I have been thankful for that god awful lose chippings, road had recently been done so I swept up enough from the side of the road to lay over the top of the paint spill and voila, no evidence of paint spill.
The one time I have been thankful for that god awful lose chippings, road had recently been done so I swept up enough from the side of the road to lay over the top of the paint spill and voila, no evidence of paint spill.
Edited by dazwalsh on Monday 18th November 17:36
Well done for saving it and yes, strain it. That stuff is flipping expensive. Though next time get Johnstones to make the colour up for you; better paint and far cheaper. 
Could be worse though, could have dropped a six month old Galaxy Note 9 into a 10 litre tub of emulsion...
(Johnstones, I'm afraid, but it was a Farrow and Ball colour if that counts?)
It was the way it went down in slow motion reminiscent of the Titanic that was the highlight.
I owe the OH many, many brownie points for grabbing it from me as I held it by a corner with finger and thumb, just looking at it dazedly. He washed it, took an artists brush to all the in and out bits to ensure the paint didn't stick in places it shouldn't then dried it with a hair drier.
Everything still works
Could be worse though, could have dropped a six month old Galaxy Note 9 into a 10 litre tub of emulsion...
(Johnstones, I'm afraid, but it was a Farrow and Ball colour if that counts?)It was the way it went down in slow motion reminiscent of the Titanic that was the highlight.
I owe the OH many, many brownie points for grabbing it from me as I held it by a corner with finger and thumb, just looking at it dazedly. He washed it, took an artists brush to all the in and out bits to ensure the paint didn't stick in places it shouldn't then dried it with a hair drier.
Everything still works
because i actually like the little greene base it applies nicely and we wanted to make sure the colour was 100% as the base paint can affects finished colour/ texture etc it is easier just to get it mixed in the proper base.
We used f&b brassica in the kitchen but that was mixed with a different base but thats because i cant stand f&b paint
We used f&b brassica in the kitchen but that was mixed with a different base but thats because i cant stand f&b paint
Spent ages trying to decide a paint colour for our hallway, settled on one from Dulux after getting a sample. Went and got a 5L trade tin put it on the back seat and started driving home. Went round a bend, heard a bump, reached back thinking it'd be fine only to submerge my hand in paint. From that point i've never felt so helpless. How do you go about cleaning it? Any attempt to transfer it out causes it to go everywhere and there was only so many spare sheets and towels in the house. A river of paint started running down the road which I had to stop before it covered neighbours car wheels. The road had a big patch of paint on it that I ended up scrubbing for hours the following week. And after all that we decided we preferred a different colour.
ARHarh said:
What I thought £85 for a tin of paint. Why is it so special?
Trustmeimadoctor said:
because i actually like the little greene base it applies nicely and we wanted to make sure the colour was 100% as the base paint can affects finished colour/ texture etc it is easier just to get it mixed in the proper base.
We used f&b brassica in the kitchen but that was mixed with a different base but thats because i cant stand f&b paint
Yeah, in short; it's just nice paint.We used f&b brassica in the kitchen but that was mixed with a different base but thats because i cant stand f&b paint
Obviously £85 for 5l of paint is strong money and a luxury item, Dulux trade is half the price, and Valspar/Albany tinted paints can be had for more like £25 a gallon. However while I wouldn't use it for the bathroom or the cupboard under the stairs, it's good paint and it makes the room feel lovely.
I don't know why, if its the literturatures claims of using naturally occurring pigments, or just because more time and money has been spent on picking the colour and or components, but you just get really nice deep colours, a very low-sheen matt finish, it goes on like a dream without and drips, the coverage is very good and it just looks great. I put over a man-week of labour in to prep'ing the walls of our living room, removing 50 years of textured lining paper from 100yo walls, carving back proud chases, and filling an fairing holes. At which point if I was charging my time at decorators rates £85 is less than 10% of the cost. The other room is a designers guild paint which is also about the same price per tin.
For the ceiling I used one and a half tubs of £35 Dulux Trade Supermatt which again is a luxury, but again it covers very well compared to you £15 Crown equiv and the super matt is a lovely finish. We had to get the ceiling replaced, which with removal costs and new cornice work was over £2000 so £50 on the paint. The other room is Macpherson Eclipse which is also nice paint.
Daniel
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