Exploding paint pot

sillycoe

Paul_Varjak wrote:

DO NOT LET THEM TAKE THE PAINT POT.

You must contact your local Trading Standards - they will come and collect it!

Too late, they picked it up this morning. I didn't think of trading standards to be honest, and I have 3 small children, and I really didn't want the paint in the house anymore.

They took photo's, and took away some of our photo's that we took as well. They also took a detailed log of what was ruined and how much each item was worth as well, it took ages, about an hour. They should be contacting me shortly. They were very nice though, but obviously they just pass it to head office.

We shall see what happens next.

C_Ronaldo

why did they take the pics you took, did you make a note of what was damaged

sweep9

As a manager of a DIY store, I have to sympathize with you. I had a compaint very similar to this about 12 years ago where a can of a large brand emulsion had a bacterial infection! The can did something similar to yours and sprayed green emulsion as the lid popped off. Our company did the investigation and photos but the manufacturer took the blame and the financial hit.

Slightly off topic, you'd be shocked with the amount of people that think they can claim for spillages in car boots after a can has fallen over and the lid comes off. The fact that it's printed on the tin & on the shelves doesn't stop people putting cans in the middle of their car boots and then driving like maniacs! Did you know that all manufacturers can prove that the lid was on solidly when it was sold?

Good luck with your claim. I shouldn't imagine that they'll have any issue in paying you out.

sillycoe

A bit concerned now, if it was a bacterial infection then us and my kids have been exposed to it the past few days, scared it might have put us at risk. I think I might phone them to see if the tests say anything yet.

sweep9

Didn't mean to scare you!!!

Fence paint wouldn't get a bacterial infection. All fence paint is is dye in a suspension where as an emulsion paint is usually a dye in suspension with obliterators. Obliterators are usually what the bacteria feed on.

Eg cheap white paint is sometimes just chalk in water with a few extra chemicals to make it thicker.