Hhheeeellllllllllpppppp!!!

dannyjebb

Just been painting and knocked the paint pot onto the carpet!!! :mad: does anyone know any tricks to get white silk BNQ paint of a beige carpet. its just a bog standard carpet not wool or any other natural material..

Many thanks

pimento

Emulsion or gloss paint?

dannyjebb

emulsion paint

pimento

Get as much as you can up using a scraper (dustpan half of a dustpan and brush set would be good for this). Then use plenty of soapy warm water.

You might need to change the water several times.

Then use an old towel to soak up the moisture out of the carpet.

Good luck!

dannyjebb

thanks for your help I will keep ma fingers crossed

phill99

If you have Accidental Cover on your Contents Insurance, this will cover you for a new carpet.

jamesb1239

phil99 I was just about to say that too, carry on painting and then phone the insurance! after all thats what accedental damage is for, well if you have it

TomsMom

Can't believe this! Exactly the same happened to my son last night. GS was chasing GD and knocked over a brand new unopened tin of Dulux white emulsion (the sort that goes on pink and changes to white when dry). Darn lid came off and emptied the contents all over the hall carpet, both school uniforms etc. D-i-l wasn't in and son panicked, got out the Vax and sucked it up :eek:, d-i-l not a happy bunny when she came home!

Insurance has an excess of £100 and as it is h/s/l carpet they would probably only replace the hall bit, which now can't be matched as it's been down a few years. They're thinking of contacting Dulux as surely the lid shouldn't have popped off a brand new unopened tin when it was knocked over by two kids chasing each other and it was standing on carpet at the time not dropped from a great height onto a solid floor.

Paul_the_Painter

Sold carpet for a while, and involved in many a claim for damage. If a claim is deemed valid for the hall, the stairs and landing will be replaced as well. This is because there is no door bar separating the damaged area from the undamaged area.

On a side note you'd be amazed at how bouncy a tin of paint can be, down the stairs, round the corner, round the next corner, and onto the lounge carpet was always a favorite. Irons - wow they can move! I'm surprised how many people do their ironing on the landing, and the way the iron can sit just long enough on a couple of stairs to melt the carpet is uncanny, and yet still manage to keep going into the hallway, and sometimes the lounge! Of course I'm not for one moment sugesting fraud was involved -oh no!

TomsMom

Paul_the_Painter wrote: »

Sold carpet for a while, and involved in many a claim for damage. If a claim is deemed valid for the hall, the stairs and landing will be replaced as well. This is because there is no door bar separating the damaged area from the undamaged area.

Thank you Paul, I'll pass that onto my son and d-i-l.

Can I ask, in your opinion should the top of a new, unopened tin come off so easily? Could there be a fault with the way the tin was sealed?

27col

Any paint can that I have been involved with was always difficult to open. Even the cans mixed in the shop are replaced using small spring clips to hold the lid on.