Selling old tins of paint at car boot?

MrsCautious

Hi, I'd really appreciate any wise words with this.

I have some old tins of paint, one or two full and never opened, one or two quite/almost full and I wondered if these were worth including with other stuff I'm already planning on taking to a car boot sale.

I thought I'd research this on here and generally on the Internet to see it has been discussed/mentioned and all I could find was a site called London Car Boots (not my area) listing tins of paint as something you aren't allowed to sell.

Apologies I can't link from the phone I'm typing this on or even perhaps find any better links for now.

Does anyone have any guidance they can offer on this? Is it generally a rule that you can't sell paint and if not, do you think it could be worth it?

Does paint 'go off' after a while if it has been opened or would the stuff where a little has been used, still be okay? It's at least two years since it was used. Is there a certain appearance/consistency the paint has once it has gone off/spoiled?

Thanks to anyone who can offer me any words of wisdom.

notanewuser

Can you donate it to a charity or community centre or something?

MrsCautious

Thanks, I could definitely look into that if I'm unable to sell it, I'm selling what I can to help with charity fundraising in a set amount of time so am most interested in making a few quid from selling it if I can, there's also a local Facebook group if a car boot is out.

dawn1

new and part tins of paint are sold at several of the car boots i go to,
if they are part used ones are cheap enough people will take a chance on them

MrsCautious

Thanks Dawn, what made me think of it more was a lady asking if a tin of wood treatment from ikea I had was paint.

ballisticbrian

Some recycling dumps allow people to browse the paint and take what they need. Other towns have charities or local organisations who do the same sort of thing. Only oil based paints are classed as hazardous waste, but even so, I've seen quite a lot of paint at car boot sales.

roddydogs

People actually buy old tins of paint? even at a boot sale.

MrsCautious

It certainly seems so.

misfire

I have seen them to at boot sales - I would check with the one you are going to attend to see what their rules are on it.

onetwothree123

Am looking for some Tartan paint , they never seem to have any at the car boots I attend....

MrsCautious

onetwothree123 wrote: »

Am looking for some Tartan paint , they never seem to have any at the car boots I attend....

I think you can only get it on your first day at work.