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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Mr.Marx on April 06, 2014, 02:25:40 AM
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Hey LAF,
Just here to vent. Just had a bottle of silver paint explode whilst painting.
Went over all the models I was in the process of painting (at about 90% completion) and all over my clothes and face (including my eyes).
*Inward directed anger*
MM.
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Explode? Were you shaking it?
lol, I just tipped over an old bottle of Goblin Green (turned it back up before any spilled out) to move to write my reply.
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See, this right here is why it's not a good idea to use firecrackers as paint agitators. I know the other kids are all like "blah blah blah sensationalist fearmongering blah blah blah nanny state blah blah blah totally safe blah blah", but seriously, everybody think like that when they're young and immortal. It's all fun and games until someone gets shot by a cop who mistook them for a Terminator 'cause they're all half silvery.
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I know what you are talking about. Just the other night i was walking home and when i turned the corner to go into my street, there he was. This....... man? Mumbling to himself and making strange gestures. He looked weird..just weird. Kinda dark and ....yeah.....silvery. I quickly walked past and went into my house. After making sure all doors and windows were secure got out the survival kit sat down and started to......paint.
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Was the nozzle clogged and did you exert pressure on the bottle to get some paint out of it per chance? ::)
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Was the nozzle clogged and did you exert pressure on the bottle to get some paint out of it per chance? ::)
Yup.
As penance, I'm repainting one of the ruined models this afternoon. Its like pulling teeth.
MM.
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Yup.
As penance, I'm repainting one of the ruined models this afternoon. Its like pulling teeth.
MM.
Now take a wild guess as to how I knew that happened :?
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Happened to me with a bottle of cork brown once. Thankfully I was able to clean up anything that mattered (including myself) though I still have a few items here with beige spots over 'em.
Vallejo droppers more efficient my backside grumble grumble.
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Happened to me with a bottle of cork brown once. Thankfully I was able to clean up anything that mattered (including myself) though I still have a few items here with beige spots over 'em.
Vallejo droppers more efficient my backside grumble grumble.
IIRC I got green on my desk, pants and t-shirt. the miniature was spared.
I now use painting clothes. Old tees and surplus (printed) sweaters I procured from a friend AND I got wire at hand to pierce clogged nozzles :D
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I now use painting clothes. Old tees
It was the act of painting that turned some of my decent clothes into 'painting clothes and old tees'. lol
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Feel sorry for you. I still have green paint on a chair from my sons first attempt at painting.
He had seen me shake a bottle up (well you can guess the rest)...
Hope the vent helped.
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I once had the worst painting accident ever.
Hit a pot of chestnut ink, you know the old screw tops from gw. A new one to boot so completely full. Everything got out, and i quickly grabbed some tissue in the kitchen, came back to the table and cleaned it off.
Went into town about a half hour later.
In the evening i undressed at home and noticed a BIG stain of the ink on my pants, looked like i had sharted o_o o_o o_o :o
Apparantly upon inspection the ink had run on the chair, and being a brown one, i failed to spot it ;D
You can guess i was not ammused at all :`
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We've all done it. Never squeeze a Vallejo bottle to force the paint out. Always poke a wire spear into the nozzle to clear the blockage. I've had several splojuns from squeezings ;)
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Never attempt to airbrush thinner into a paint cup...Never ;) lol
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I once dropped my paintbrush which had wet paint on it... Squated down to pick it up... Doh! Was wearing spurs!! owowowow! (Kidding:)). But I did blow up a new bottle of copper a few weeks ago. Same kind of sploshun you speak of. Wiped it off walls and table etc... Wiped off a blob on the pale tan couch. It turned green the next day! (Not kidding!)
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Not hobby related, but I did once drop an entire can of lavender emulsion paint onto the burgundy landing carpet. The first five seconds were spent staring in stunned defeat and the next five minutes running about yelling. It took several buckets of water, most of a bottle of washing up liquid and the brave sacrifice of several elderly towels before it was cleaned up. It took many days to dry and smelled like an old dog the whole time.
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Cubs,
Your footer fits so well in this thread :) lol :) lol
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If you shake it too hard without removing a blockage in the nozzle ...
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If you snake it more than 3 times, you're playing with it!
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If you snake it more than 3 times, you're playing with it!
Interesting choice of words there. lol
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Ha ha. Me no spell good.
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A patch of green overspray on orange shag carpet in the wee days of my youth is my worst paint accident.
... Well, I did also spill a wee bit of iron oxide based dry pigment on the carpet once. Just because it's dry powder, doesn't mean it isn't permanent. I suppose neither of those are very thrilling adventurous though.
Wait... there's also the time I ruined a futon with a ferric chloride spill. Hmmm...
I'd still say my most epic hobby/DIY adventures have all been of the sharps-related variety.
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still have a spot of green paint beneath the skin of one of my fingers, was trying to clean the lid of one of those old fliptops with a toothpick, used a bit too much force and the toothpick went through the lid into my finger leaving a spot of green paint
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...And now you can tell people you're so hardcore about your hobby, you got a tattoo.
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...And now you can tell people you're so hardcore about your hobby, you got a tattoo.
Not just got a tattoo, gave yourself a tattoo. That's super hardcore, that is! o_o
I had a Reaper dropper bottle paintsplode over about four or five 95% completed figures several years ago, just after I started using the dropper bottles. A quick scrub under running water got the bulk of the spill off and preserved most of the intentional paintjob... a certain amount of bad language was also employed. I still massively prefer droppers to pots, but these days I keep a couple of stray lengths of wire around the painting bench for the inevitable clogs.