So just got back from Homebase with 5 litres of paint, picked it up, the handle snapped. The lid then came off as it dropped to the car floor. 😡

Is the retailer responsible? Or am I just an idiot?

Give them a call – you might get some more paint even if you don’t get a new car.

Hope it was water based, btw…

Join in with the present Madchester revival and turn your car into art….

Yeah emulsion thank god. Oh well there goes this afternoons ride 🙁

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336779/Family-overcome-emulsion-Car-crash-covers-white-paint.html

That you ^

dont forget to inform your insurance company, an interior modification, especially a new paintjob will incur a higher premium.

(i’d guess that its a toss up between the manufacturer and the shop that sold the faulty paint to you. its a horrible thing to happen dude… good luck getting it sorted!)

Is the retailer responsible? Or am I just an idiot?

Personally was always taught by my parents never to pick up tins/pots of paint by the lid or handle because sometimes they fail. By that system I’d say you’re the idiot, but good luck – get a nice vax type hoover on the job quick while it’s still wet!

pics please! haha!

Dear god!!! That Daily Fail article had THIS! linked to it. I think the link must have been related to paint/creosote! GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! MY EYES!!!!!

😯

Join in with the present Madchester revival and turn your car into art….

or:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w[/video]

I once did that with a tin of red and a tin of brown paint. Fortunately, the AA came to rescue me as they cover you if you’re marooned.

*Stands and applauds Cougar* 😆

Binners, there are 3 rules regarding the Daily Mail website:

1. Do not go on the Daily Mail website.

2. If for some unfathomable reason you find yourself on the DM website, for God’s sake whatever you do DO NOT LOOK AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE LINKS. You may never recover from it.

3. Do not go on the Daily Mail website.

IF it was in their carpark, the handle failed I’d call the manager out ASAP.

The handle is there to carry a load. Its not like a supermarket bag which can be overlaidened and filled wrongly etc etc.

If you’ve left it a couple of hours etc I think the manager/place can reasonably think you’ve opened to check the paint, didn’t like it maybe and decided to return but didn’t re-secure the lid properly……

Time is of the essence. Its pretty straight forward if done quickly IMO.

I know, you could fix some “Ghia” badges to your car. Then if anyone asks you can say you bought the dulux model.

Cougar will you please stop taking the micky out of the poor OP. It’s clearly an emulsional issue for him

Did the shop not put those little claw clippy things on the lid?

(-:

Good point, it’s not nice to gloss over someone else’s problems.

Did you hear about the man who painted his wife twice with cheese?

…

Double Gloucester.

Good point, it’s not nice to gloss over someone else’s problems.

Hopefully, the OP will take your awful puns in the white spirit.

…otherwise you may have painted yourself into a corner.

at least nobody was satin the back at the time.

That would have certainly taken the sheen off things.

You lot are really on a roller now

If your car is (e.g) a Corniche or maybe a Phantom, you should be OK, roller’s can be cleaned using just water.

Grrr, ruined!

go and see the shop who sold you it and don’t let them give you the brush-off!

My friend had a similar issue with fence paint. Was a car insurance claim.

Creosote?

That reminds me, I caught a bloke the other day painting Creosote all over the entranceway to my house. I told him, “bugger off, and never darken my doors again!”

If it’s undercoat you’ll want to get it out of the upholstery ASAP, otherwise it could be a white off.

You are all a bunch of barstewards 😆

Actually the humour has cooled me off somewhat.
New paint from homebase already, and the lady cheerily pointed out ‘I should be more careful next time ‘ 🙄

Anyhow head office next.

I’ll put some pics up later for your amusement.

If you get lawyer involved make sure they’re a Silk.

[edit] I do *so* hope that the OP’s real name is ‘Matt’

I think you all need to be a bit more sensitive to the OP. I for one will be treading on Eggshell…….

Same sort of thing happened to me, 3 litres of massonary paint in the front passengers foot well (total bellend thing to do), went in to a roundabout and over it went, I was on a dual carriageway so had to carny on a bit. Every time I braked I had to watch a wave of paint go up the front of the foot well.

I cleaned it out best I could then sprayed the carpet with black spray paint! Could hardly notice it, except the carpet was a bit crunchy.

if there were a tin of paint for best joke on the thread Cougar woudl get the Crown.

Anyhow head office next.

Through all the puns, this is the line that’s got me laughing the most. 🙁

Maybe you’ll go out to the car and it’ll all turn out to have been a pigment of your imagination?

I did the same last week with 5 litres of garage floor paint. Luckily it was waterbased slate grey on black carpets and I got it all out by scooping with a dustpan and scraping the carpet with a wallpaper scraper, then lots of dowsing/sponging with clean water.

Amazingly, I recovered 4.75 out of the 5 litres! The only place you can tell is where it sloshed up the passenger door and went in the speaker grill.

Those clips should be standard.

Hope it works out for you and that your car’s all white.
Presuming your carpets are dark, will you be giving it a second coat after 4 hours?

if there were a tin of paint for best joke on the thread Cougar woudl get the Crown.

Thanks. I’m glad I whitewashed the competition.

i cant help but think the OP is masking his emotions on this one