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Funny you should say that, Alisande

10 years ago

Alisande, you had this to say about my da** spot post: "When I saw the title of this post, I thought you'd spilled something on your rug. :-)"

Well, I did. Yesterday while hopping in and out of the 2nd floor bedroom windows to stand on the porch roof and paint the shutters, I tipped over the container of paint onto my husband's office carpeting. What ensued looked like something from I Love Lucy. I go galloping down the stairs to the basement to grab a shop vac, choosing the smaller of the two we have. Run with it back upstairs. Cord won't reach the spot. Run down the stairs out to the garage for an extension cord. Back upstairs, get it plugged in and start working to suck up the paint, only to find the suction isn't strong enough. Run back down two flights of steps to the basement to get the huge shop vac. Lug it up two flights. Get it plugged it, turn it on...,nope, not turning on. Run downstairs, grab the keys and fly to Home Depot. Home again, run back upstairs with my new $20 2 gallon shop vac.

End result, carefully pouring cold water onto the paint and sucking it up with the shop vac, I got all the paint up. It was dark blue paint on a light blue carpeting. Can't see where I spilled. Oh, and the first time I emptied the shop vac, I found that in my haste I hadn't realized that it came with some hose attachments, which were inside the body and were now floating in the watery paint mess.

So I had to laugh when I saw your comment:-)

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Amazing Aunt Audrey

10 years ago

JoAnn needs to save this on the kt page along with past Lucy moments! A great giggle!

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Georgysmom
10 years ago
I'm sure it wasn't so funny at the time, but what a great end result!
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Hi Lydia - thanks for asking! Things are looking up, as my fever as of this morning was gone for the first time. I sweated buckets during the night, and went through three t-shirts. I still feel very weak and lightheaded, which I guess is to be expected. I just washed some dishes and put some laundry in the washer, but am restraining myself from doing anything further. It's amazing how things go to pot so quickly when you're sick . . . the lawn . . . the weeds . .. . my house! .. . but overdoing would be a mistake. Yes, the opening reception is on Saturday. I was afraid I'd be too sick to attend, but if things keep progressing I think I'll be fine. At the moment, though, I sure don't feel up to making any foods to bring, or even figuring out how much wine I have. I have friends who are standing by to help if necessary, though. Thank heavens for that. We hung the show Thursday and Friday. It was a lot of work (42 pieces!), but it looks great. My house, however, does not. I was still framing up till Friday morning, and the place looks more like a frame shop than a home. I figured I'd clean everything up as soon as the show was hung, but then I got sick. Oh, well, at least there are no plans to come back here after the reception. Anyway, I appreciate your concern, and now I'm going back to bed. :-) Susan
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Jasdip
10 years ago
Carabubble, I'm glad you were able to see the humour and post it here! It's not nice to laugh at other people's misfortunes.............but! I can't believe it all came up! Paint, and no mark? I can't even get all of the cat yak stains out. I see a shadow in the hall.

Shame on the company for putting the attachments inside the container! LOL
sweet_betsy No AL Z7
10 years ago
That was fun to read and imagine but I'm sure it wasn't much fun for you. How nice that you were able to remove all the paint!
Alisande
10 years ago
Oh, no! Wildly frustrating at the time, I'm sure, but it makes a good story! I'm amazed the stain was removed so easily. Um . . . did I say easily?? :-)
dandyrandylou
10 years ago
It does sound humorous to us, but I am impressed that you knew what to do! I don't even know what a shop vac is, but am tickled you solved the problem and saved the rug. Cheers! ..... Pink
joyfulguy
10 years ago
Carabubble ... you sure had exercise ... aplenty ... for both body ... memory ... and brain!

Thanks for a good story ...

... and one of the things about being an addict of radio ...

... one is used to drawing one's own pictures as the story flashes by.

ole joyful
carabubble
Original Author
10 years ago
Ole Joyful, frankly I'm surprised myself that I didn't have a heart attack.

I knew what to do from years back when visiting friends. My young son walked into the kitchen where we were chatting with paint all over himself; turned out he'd gotten into their kids' paints in the playroom. I thought I was going to have to buy them new playroom carpeting, but they leapt into action, grabbing the shop vac and cold water. It worked great then. It also worked great when a few years later, the same son threw up all over our family room carpeting right after drinking red punch.

Just make sure not to pour too much water at a time, as you don't want to make your target go further down.
kathyg_in_mi
10 years ago
Thanks for the giggles! I never would have thought of doing the clean up like you did. Hopefully I'll never have to try!
nanny98
10 years ago
Yep...an I love Lucy moment! And, thanks for telling it and what to do in such an emergency. Three Cheers for you!!!!
carabubble thanked nanny98

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