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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on January 9, 2008, 3:01 pm
>
>>> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:02:41 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
>>>
>>>>> Joe,
>>>>>
>>>>> Unless you were there when the previous owner bought the paint it
>>>>> seems
>>>>> silly to assume that the cans where originally sold in 2003 or that
>>>>> the
>>>>> paint cans were not damaged to begin with. My limited experience is
>>>>> that
>>>>> paint cans stored out of the elements don't rust in just a few years.
>>>>> That
>>>>> these cans have leads me to wonder how old the cans are. how the cans
>>>>> were
>>>>> stored et c. These are things that you don't know.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave M.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>True, he could've bought them in 1997 and waited until 2003 to paint. My
>>>>comments are based on what they said when I first toured the house in
>>>>2004.
>>>>"We painted last year". It's more than a few cans, though. A total of 8
>>>>from two different sources, Behr and Sears. All damaged?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Were the paint cans rusty when you took possession or did they rust
>>> after that? Somewhere along the timeline, they were exposed to
>>> moisture. Maybe a plumbing leak, or maybe they were stored elsewhere
>>> for a time.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> No....not rusty when I arrived. They were not stored elsewhere, nor were
>> they exposed to any leaks. It's just weird.
>>
> do you have other chemicals in the area? things with HCL, like a gallon of
> pool acid, tend to rust things in their local area even if tightly closed,
> if there is no good ventilation.
No.
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