is my paint ruined?

paddles

took out some paint to give a touch up to a couple of rooms. Paint hasn't been opened for a few years now. It has solidified with liquid on top. Have started trying to mix it up. Difficult to do and wondering whether to persist or is the paint ruined? It is quite solid. Does paint have a sell-by date?? Both tins appeared properly sealed. Took me a while to get the lids off both tins at least!

Outkast_IRE

paddles wrote: »

took out some paint to give a touch up to a couple of rooms. Paint hasn't been opened for a few years now. It has solidified with liquid on top. Have started trying to mix it up. Difficult to do and wondering whether to persist or is the paint ruined? It is quite solid. Does paint have a sell-by date?? Both tins appeared properly sealed. Took me a while to get the lids off both tins at least!

Sounds like it just need a mix get a stirring stick and stir the **** out of it for ten mins and then see how it is

alphabeat

try putting it in a pot of hot / warm water outside to melt , then mix it ,

if that fails its a goner

ger664

Was it subject to the sub zero tempatures we have got over the last 2 years ??
If so bin it.

paddles

ger664 wrote: »

Was it subject to the sub zero tempatures we have got over the last 2 years ??
If so bin it.

Actually, yes! I had it in the garden shed over the past 2 winters It has never happened to my paint before. I used to have paint for years. Dammit!

The 2 tins were mixes aswell so awkward to replace.

Yep, just googled this and indeed, twas the freezing temperatures! what a pain! have lots of paint in my shed! Does that apply to all paints- matt emulsion and gloss? what about fence paint/wood stain? Are they all ruined?

Buford T Justice

Just check them as you are using them, its as simple as that really.

cardwizzard

Yip, paint is ruined. Try and keep it in the hotpress or underneath the stairs. Frost and paint don't mix. Actually frost and not much mix wll.