Ruined pavement!?

Aefb2017

To cut a long and boring story short, I got white paint on the tarmac pavement outside my house. I wanted to do something about it quickly as I know from experience that just leaving it is not helpful.

Last night I decided to use white spirit on the paint in an attempt to lift it. I applied it very liberally, and it wasnt until I got inside the house I noticed the spirit in the tub and my brush had turned a very dark brown colour, presumably from the tarmac! I panicked and threw hot soapy water over everything.

Looked outside this morning and sadly there are now gigantic black patches all over the pavement, it looks ridiculous! The pavement is about 12 years old so is quite light and the stains where the spirit was are jet black.

Does anyone have any idea how to make it look less ridiculous? (I know, I’m an idiot) Or will it just gradually lighten or weather with the pavement?

glasgowdan

Just leave it, you're right, it'll weather in and vanish itself.

sevenhills

Paint some more of the pavement black using old style black tyre paint, a block of black to make it look like its been resurfaced.

Aefb2017

Thanks both, I swear it looks worse this afternoon! Am I entitled to paint the pavement black when presumably it is owned by the council and not me? (Ironic I am asking this I know, given that that didn’t stop me using spirit on it )

missprice

Aefb2017 wrote: »

Thanks both, I swear it looks worse this afternoon! Am I entitled to paint the pavement black when presumably it is owned by the council and not me? (Ironic I am asking this I know, given that that didn’t stop me using spirit on it )

I would say no, on the slim off chance that someone got paint all over them self.
Honestly in two or three weeks it will all be one faded colour. I can't understand why you care so much

ETA if you use paint it could look worse as it weathers and peels off

Aefb2017

There’s always one rude comment isn’t there! Why I care so much isn’t relevant

martinthebandit

Aefb2017 wrote: »

There’s always one rude comment isn’t there! Why I care so much isn’t relevant

Yes there is, although I suspect your thinking of a different comment to me.

societys_child

Aefb2017 wrote: »

There’s always one rude comment isn’t there! Why I care so much isn’t relevant

. . . . Wow

patman99

I would not of even bothered to clean the paint off in the first place.

Anyway, this reminds me of the time the painters painting our private estate put some half empty cans of paint by the side of the bin store for safe keeping.

The bin men put them in their truck and left a trail of paint all g our road and then out onto the public road.

We had the painters paint over the paint stains on our road, but it looked just as bad, so back they came and proceeded to paint the entire road with bitumen paint.

decbel

It will weather and fade fairly quickly.

On my drive I had scrapes from a skip that was incorrectly positioned and had to be chain dragged.

6 months later they'd gone.

sevenhills

Aefb2017 wrote: »

Thanks both, I swear it looks worse this afternoon! Am I entitled to paint the pavement black when presumably it is owned by the council and not me? (Ironic I am asking this I know, given that that didn’t stop me using spirit on it )

I have planted oak saplings in my local area, and I plan to plant some more. I am told it against the law, I think the police have got better things to do.