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Help the wifes coming home

Posted on another thread aswell, defrosted the fridge/freezer all ok, washed down the o/s doors with cillit bang, now no paint left on doors, a right mess, she is coming home in less than 1 hour what can I do? HELP.
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  • tell her you are prepping them as you are going to decorate them for her and when would she like to go and choose paint/new doors etc :) then hope she believes you
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  • Bitsy_Beans
    Bitsy_Beans Posts: 9,640 Forumite
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    Admit you made a mistake whilst trying to be helpful and doing some cleaning. If she can't understand that then she clearly never makes mistakes herself.
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  • hex2
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    Do you mean the freezer doors?

    If the freezer doors, just be honest. I would probably cry laughing if my DH did this, and no I wouldn't have known not to use the cillit bang stuff either.
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  • thriftlady_2
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    Well, if you are asking how to get the paint back on I expect you already know the answer.
  • Crikey, what on earth is in Cillit Bang that it strips paint :eek::eek:

    Sorry, nothing constructive for you :o

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  • thriftlady_2
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    Crikey, what on earth is in Cillit Bang that it strips paint :eek::eek:

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  • amerste
    amerste Posts: 182 Forumite
    So I will start another thread " where to buy a new fridge freezer "
    Not been caught out yet as she is out for the night, waiting for tomorrow..
  • hex2
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    amerste

    If that means you have more time could you buy some paint stripper and/or sand the damage off. Use soap/water or sugar soap to clean it down then chuck a cot of appliance paint on.

    Buy some of the magnetic photo paper and print lots of nice photos of the two of you and cover up the worst of it?
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    Join the fly ladies and get to know how to clean correctly!!!!
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  • amerste wrote: »
    washed down the o/s doors with cillit bang,


    You washed external doors with Cillit Bang?
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