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Fixing latex paint drips JoeSpareBedroom 10-08-2009
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Posted by ransley on October 8, 2009, 3:27 pm


wrote:
> My kid just called from college saying his roommate painted his window
> frames with Sherwin-Williams gloss latex, and 8 hours later, there are
> pretty large areas where the paint ran and forms drips (more like globs).
> It's at the thick goo stage right now. Should they let it dry until it
> hardens (if ever), and then razor blade it off & repaint the bad spots, o=
r
> what? I've never had this problem, so I don't know what to tell them.
> I told them to use real paint, but they don't listen.

They did use real paint, they just dont know how to use it.

Posted by HeyBub on October 8, 2009, 4:16 pm


ransley wrote:
> wrote:
>> My kid just called from college saying his roommate painted his
>> window frames with Sherwin-Williams gloss latex, and 8 hours later,
>> there are pretty large areas where the paint ran and forms drips
>> (more like globs). It's at the thick goo stage right now. Should
>> they let it dry until it hardens (if ever), and then razor blade it
>> off & repaint the bad spots, or what? I've never had this problem,
>> so I don't know what to tell them.
>> I told them to use real paint, but they don't listen.
> They did use real paint, they just dont know how to use it.

Did they? Still fluid after eight hours?



Posted by on October 8, 2009, 5:23 pm


wrote:

>ransley wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> My kid just called from college saying his roommate painted his
>>> window frames with Sherwin-Williams gloss latex, and 8 hours later,
>>> there are pretty large areas where the paint ran and forms drips
>>> (more like globs). It's at the thick goo stage right now. Should
>>> they let it dry until it hardens (if ever), and then razor blade it
>>> off & repaint the bad spots, or what? I've never had this problem,
>>> so I don't know what to tell them.
>>> I told them to use real paint, but they don't listen.
>> They did use real paint, they just dont know how to use it.
>Did they? Still fluid after eight hours?
When applied too thick it will remain fluid for a LONG time. Think
about how long it lasts in the can. Only CATALYZED paint will harden
quickly when applied too thick, or when allowed to drip.

Posted by Oren on October 8, 2009, 6:00 pm


wrote:

>ransley wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> My kid just called from college saying his roommate painted his
>>> window frames with Sherwin-Williams gloss latex, and 8 hours later,
>>> there are pretty large areas where the paint ran and forms drips
>>> (more like globs). It's at the thick goo stage right now. Should
>>> they let it dry until it hardens (if ever), and then razor blade it
>>> off & repaint the bad spots, or what? I've never had this problem,
>>> so I don't know what to tell them.
>>> I told them to use real paint, but they don't listen.
>> They did use real paint, they just dont know how to use it.
>Did they? Still fluid after eight hours?

It happens with any paint, if you put three coats on at once.


Posted by on October 8, 2009, 5:20 pm


On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:20:57 -0400, "JoeSpareBedroom"

>My kid just called from college saying his roommate painted his window
>frames with Sherwin-Williams gloss latex, and 8 hours later, there are
>pretty large areas where the paint ran and forms drips (more like globs).
>It's at the thick goo stage right now. Should they let it dry until it
>hardens (if ever), and then razor blade it off & repaint the bad spots, or
>what? I've never had this problem, so I don't know what to tell them.
>I told them to use real paint, but they don't listen.
S-W latex IS real paint.

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