Questionable decisions were made ('I'm going to buy a tin of paint off of Marketplace'), lessons were learned (Don't agree to an inspection of said paint without then making sure the lid is back on properly)

(Also bring a bag next time)

I would usually check, but I had an extremely bored son in the front with me, meaning a preoccupation with keeping him happy. Nice 45 minute car ride home, which allowed the paint to start drying. As an additional kicker, we were just about to list the car for whatever we could sell it for too!

I'm trying to keep lighthearted about it, but I'm truly gutted. If anyone else is having a rough day, please do share, the solidarity might help!

by ceejrowland

50 comments

  5. Put paint in the boot. Also – boot liners exist. These two pieces of advise will make your future self happy.

  8. Throw more about till the whole seats white, call it a design feature.

  12. I’m so sorry.

    Bring a box or get a plastic container for the backseat – we’ve managed to spill a bunch of bleach in our oldest car.

  15. Paint the rest of the seats white and sell it to we buy any car as white interior

  16. I’ve spilt a whole tin of Gloss paint in the back foot space off my car so I understand your pain

  20. Since this posting have you managed to get any pain off?

  22. It’s a “it has rained so much that my walls are ruined and we cannot have the lights on in the bedroom otherwise it may cause an electrical fire because we asked people to fix the roof 6 months ago and they still haven’t done anything” kinda day

  23. Ex b&q employee here those valspar lids should not be fit for purpose. This was almost a daily occurrence in my store they are terrible if any paint gets in the lid it wont seal.

  25. My Dad dropped his fishing bait box in the car once and all the escaped maggots burrowed down into the carpets. A few weeks later the flies started to hatch…

  26. Kind of a shame it wasn’t black. I mean it would still be bad, but you know less so.

  27. I spilt 25L on the carpets at work if that makes you feel better

  29. If you got a big decal for the car advertising bull semen extraction that mess could actually *increase* the car’s value – it’s pricey stuff.

  36. My mum did this last week. On the way back from b and q with a huge tub of masonry paint, crashed her car and it absolutely coated everything inside her car.

  38. That is alot of effort to cover up some cum stains

  40. That’s unfortunate. I usually tell myself that I’ll be able to look back at this type of moment in a few years and laugh. Don’t think I ever do but still.

  41. Should have went for the v and co. Metal tin would have never opened haha.

  42. Is it water based?

    If so this is a job for r/pressurewashing

  43. Go get a couple of black tins of black then, and try again!

  44. I did this about 10 years ago. To remove it I spent hours with basins of water wiping, soaking & rinsing then used a wet vac to hoover up the excess water. It was painstaking!

  46. Can you set fire to your car and try and claim it on insurance? Seems like the only logical option here.

  47. You can get that out easy.  Just unscrew some bolts and take the seat out because it is fucked.

  48. I would say it’s probably safer to anyone reading to put a tin of paint on the floor rather than a seat. Less likely to tip over and if it does it won’t fall as far and is therefore less likely to burst open.

  49. Tell people it was a below-average orgasm.

    It’ll still be ruined, but at least you’ll get some begrudging admiration out of it.

  50. Or you could change your attitude from ‘tin half spilled’ to ‘tin half full’.

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