[klimtog]

Hello,

I wanted to ask professionals but was not able to join the professional forum. I would appreciate any help on this!

I recently had my exterior fiberglass door painted by a contractor.
I was providing the can of paint which was provided to me by the HOA.
The painter commented that the paint was thick and clumpy even after stirring for a good while.

I had him paint my door with it regardless and the result did not look good.

I went to the paint shop to purchase new paint of the same color that would work better and the paint shop clerk told me that the can was holding caulk, not paint.

In this case, is it the painter's fault for not knowing that he was painting with caulk? or my fault for not providing the proper product to him in the first place?

Thanks!

 

[de-nagorg]

I have HUGE doubts that the paint shop knew what they were talking about.

Paint and Caulk are two different compositions and caulk is never sold in a can.

The painter should have thinned the product a little, if it had thickened from ageing.

Are you sure that this painter was a trained pro, or a hack that calls themselves a painter.


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[de-nagorg]

Again the website timed out, then posted my response twice.


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[chrisn]

Something's fishy, that's for sure.

 

[joecaption]

We have no idea what the can looked like, brand, type.
As mentioned caulk comes in a tube, paint comes in a can.
If the paint was all clumpy the first thing I would have done is refuse to use it.
You supplyed the paint, why would it be the painters fault other then he used what you told him to use?

 

[Jmayspaint]

Sherwin Williams sells some of their caulking products in five gallon containers, so it is possible you have caulk in a bucket.

I'm not sure why they do this, but I think it's for commercial applications where powered caulking guns are used.

Got a pic of the can?


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[mathmonger]

Sherwin-Williams started selling the tintable PowerHouse caulk in gallon cans a couple of years ago. It doesn't say "Caulk" in big letters. It just says "PowerHouse Tint Base". Maybe "caulk" is somewhere in the fine print. If I didn't know better and somebody gave me that can and said they wanted their door painted with it, I'd probably paint their door with it.

 

[ToolSeeker]

Maybe just me but I don't think I have ever seen a caulk to could be mistaken for paint. I have used caulk that comes in a can but it wasn't ever close enough to being brushable. And how in the world could you open this and when you saw what was inside NOT read the can. If you still have it PLEASE post a pic of the can.

 

[jeffnc]

I have to agree with toolseeker. It's impossible for anyone who's ever held a brush to mistake caulk for paint. Caulk is simply unpaintable/unbrushable.

My first reaction to the OP was that SW was saying that some little clumps of caulk had gotten into the paint. That seems unlikely, but somewhat plausible. Painting with a can of caulk by mistake seems completely impossible. That would be like saying peanut butter was a little thick even after stirring. Would you ever paint with a can of peanut butter because you thought it was beige paint? If that were actually the case, I don't even know where to start laying the blame here. Some of it lies with you for telling the "pro" to continue, and maybe I have to give kudos to the painter for believing "the customer is always right" and somehow actually doing this job. On the other hand, at the same time I'd have to believe he's some sort of moron.

Maybe this story will have an interesting ending and I can sleep better tonight knowing there are not people out there trying to paint doors with caulk!

 

[Jmayspaint]

Well, if it was painted with caulk at least you will have a tough, long lasting coating




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[mathmonger]

Would you ever paint with a can of peanut butter because you thought it was beige paint?

If the customer gave it to me and said that's the stuff the HOA insisted on? I read the can and it said it is a "siliconized acrylic latex sealant"? Sounds like paint to me. I double checked with the customer and I showed him how thick it was and he still tells me to use it? That customer is getting peanut butter on his door.

Is peanut oil a drying oil? I know walnut oil is.

 

[jeffnc]

Well, I can assure you no one who has ever painted before would make that mistake

I happened to be meeting a new Sherwin Williams rep today at the store, and mentioned this story. We opened a can of caulk and looked at each other and said "no way". She said they don't sell much of it, but she said the advantage was that the caulk in the can can be tinted to any color. She also said the most likely explanation for the feedback by the paint shop clerk was that the clerk was inexperienced/confused, or that by the phrase "the can was holding caulk" they meant that some caulk had gotten in it.

Believe me, if you opened a can of caulk like I just did you would not be under any doubt that the stuff was not paint.