Is satin paint volatile?

dori2o

I was sat in the front room late last night when we heard a loud popping sound come from the kitchen.

Our first thought was that one of the cats had maybe got in and knocked something off the side, but when I went in to look I saw nothing.

Then I saw what had happened.

The lid off the satin paint tin, that was sitting on top of the cupboards had blown of and we've now got a nice splatter pattern up the wall and across the ceiling.

The kitchen wasn't exceptionally warm as we'd had the windows open most of the day.

Needless to say I've thrown the pot away now. I only used it 2 days ago to touch up the kitchen door.

It was a 750ml tin of Dulux PBW satin.

WestonDave

Satin is the finish - 750ml tin and being used on a door suggests an oil based paint so yes it is volatile.

skivenov

Thermal expansion.

Guessing it was colder when you last used it. Paint and air in can expand when they slowly heat up and sooner or later the pressure pops the lid off.

I wouldn't have thrown it, just popped the lid back on.

Yeah, there's solvents in paint, and they're volatile, but not to a dangerous level.

art_for_arts_sake

Decorators merchants put metal clips on their tins now to stop this kind of thing happening.

I used to work for a P & D, you could hear the paint tins popping and pinging all day in the outside paint store. I keep my paint in a cellar, the temperature stays within a certain range and paint keeps much longer.