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Exploding paint can

5K views 6 replies 5 participants last post by  BigJim 
#1 ·
I went to open a gallon of previously used latex paint(last opened about 2 months ago) in a finished furnished room and as soon as I cracked the lid it blew off in my face and all over the room.

I've never experienced this before and I was the one who put the lid on last. I've always used the same method - rubber mallet around the radius of the lid until it's nice and snug. Never had paint blow in my face before in 10 years. I did notice the paint looked bubbly.

Any idea why this would happen? LOL :whistling2:
 
#7 ·
Same thing happened to me with a can of sorghum molasses, blew the lid across the room with a big puff of blue smoke. It had fermented, that is the first thing that popped in my mine about your paint.
 
#3 ·
No heat that I know of. It's been stored with the rest of my cans in a shelf away from any direct heat source and the last time I used it was at room temp.

Luckily my body took most of the splatter and since it's latex the rest cleaned up with.... effort, and lots of it.
 
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