Yesterday I was airbrushing a PT Cruiser, simple lightning bolts coming off the hood emblem. Simple scuff and paint, so no barrier paper was needed. I had mistakenly forgot my airbrush at the body shop where my shop truck is getting new paint, so, I go to my parts bin and build another airbrush from dead ones. No sweat, the one I cobble together works fine. I start painting the 1st coat of white, then grab a purple for some color. I start painting, and the brush quits, I backed up, pulled the trigger and paint EXPLODES out of the bottles vent hole. It was everywhere, there was so much paint on the windshield you could not see through it. I spent over an hour cleaning the car. Scared the hell out of me, "Hello, State Farm"?

I did finish the car, after spending probably another hour cleaning the airbrush a little more thouroghly.

So, THANK YOU MISTER FAIR! That dam post was the 1st thing I thought of when this happened.

While painting a logo on the wall of a racquetball court - up about 15 feet or so - I had my paint on a good sized cardboard pallet. After finishing up, I was getting down from the plank and I grabbed the pallet to take the paint down with me. Of course, the pallet folded and the paint (about 2 pints) spilled all over the wall and down to the floor. This court was the one next to the restaurant where they have a clear wall on one side so diners could watch the action on the court. It took more time to clean up the spill than it did to paint the logo. This also happened at lunchtime so there were a lot of people in the restaurant. I got all of the paint off, and the lucky thing was that the spill was below the logo I had painted.