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Modelers Lounge => Time to relax => Topic started by: gedmundson on March 27, 2016, 02:27:41 AM

Title: Near Disaster
Post by: gedmundson on March 27, 2016, 02:27:41 AM

Hi Folks,
With a couple of forum members sharing CA glue mishaps, I thought I'd show a near-distaster involving a bottle of black Vallejo acrylic paint. During a recent project, I wanted to squeeze a couple of drops of paint onto a small piece of polyethylene. With no paint wanting to come out, I must have squeezed too hard and the bottle virtually exploded as the plastic end popped out and about 80% of the paint came out in all directions. My work area couldn't have been more cluttered with pre-painted parts everywhere. But luckily enough, not one of those parts got a drop of paint on them - it was a lucky day for me. But the clean up involved my clothes, the floor, and many spots in a 4 foot radius.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gedmundson1/DSC_5102_zpsqz72y6um.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/gedmundson1/media/DSC_5102_zpsqz72y6um.jpg.html)

Cheers,
Gary

Title: Re: Near Distaster
Post by: Dirigible-Al on March 27, 2016, 03:02:32 AM

I once accidently tipped paint over a nearly finished model and that had a far less happy ending
Alan.

Title: Re: Near Distaster
Post by: lcarroll on March 27, 2016, 03:14:07 AM

Gary,   
    Must have been the same black cloud that was over my part of the province last week. Mine was a bottle of Tamiya Semi Gloss Black caught up by the chain on the Medic Alert bracelet I wear, spilled most of it on the desk (fortunately none on the numerous bits thereon) but then dragged via my lap onto the floor. It's been a hell of a week or so, I'm hoping I've got it all out of my system however these things seem to happen in "threes"!?
    I know of your pain! :(
Cheers,
Lance

Title: Re: Near Distaster
Post by: Ernie on March 27, 2016, 03:32:24 AM

It wasn't paint, but my worst was when I knocked over a little bottle of lacquer (cellulose) thinner
over a very nicely painted wing, destroying the niceness in a hurry! ::)  It's not easy being a klutz! ;D

Cheers,
Ernie :)

Title: Re: Near Distaster
Post by: nmroberto on March 27, 2016, 03:32:56 AM

I knocked over a bottle of liquid cement once. 

Unfortunately there was a completely painted and decaled wing that took the majority of the cement.

Did you know that paint and decals don't take kindly to cement? 

Title: Re: Near Distaster
Post by: drdave on March 27, 2016, 03:46:54 AM

We've all been here. Not helped by my habit of using the spray booth as an assembly space too.

Title: Re: Near Distaster
Post by: Borsos on March 27, 2016, 04:38:17 AM

Oh yes, that's the reason why I don't like these Vallejo paints. You shouldn't give me anything that you can squeeze...