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Old tin of gloss paint okay ?

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Hi
Total DIY novice here, so please don't hurt yourself laughing too much.
Just re opened a can of white non drip gloss paint, it is three quarters full and has a brown sort of liquid on the top, if I mix it will it be okay to use ?
TIA
DC.
"Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet... " - Roger Miller

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  • My son who does know about this will say no if he was here. He throws out my old paint, it goes "off" and does not flow properley, imagine a nice white fresh paint running off the brush like milk.
    <Did I say that>
  • Vibrant
    Vibrant Posts: 311 Forumite
    The brown watery liquid always appears when a tin stands for a long time. I just stir it in, it doesn't seem to make any difference.
    Note that stirring will make the paint slightly less non-drip, leave it to stand for a few hours if this worries you and it will gellify (is that a word?) again.
    I only throw paint away, if the colour goes off, or it gets bitty and hard to apply.
  • ailuro2
    ailuro2 Posts: 7,540 Forumite
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    It's the oil in the gloss paint separating, iirc, give it a stir and leave it a few hours and it'll be fine.

    My best tip for keeping paint from forming a skin inside the tin when sitting in storage - close lid firmly, turn tin upside down, no air can get in to create that weird 'skin'
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  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    its usually ok after a good stir. depends on the job really if i would use it.
    ie if it was for the lounge, id probably buy some new paint.
    Get some gorm.
  • Thank you everyone, I stirred it and began project, it all looks good this morning :)
    DC.
    "Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet... " - Roger Miller
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