"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:02:41 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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"David L. Martel" wrote in message
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Joe,

Unless you were there when the previous owner bought the paint it
seems
silly to assume that the cans where originally sold in 2003 or that the
paint cans were not damaged to begin with. My limited experience is
that
paint cans stored out of the elements don't rust in just a few years.
That
these cans have leads me to wonder how old the cans are. how the cans
were
stored et c. These are things that you don't know.


Dave M.



True, he could've bought them in 1997 and waited until 2003 to paint. My
comments are based on what they said when I first toured the house in
2004.
"We painted last year". It's more than a few cans, though. A total of 8
from two different sources, Behr and Sears. All damaged?



Were the paint cans rusty when you took possession or did they rust
after that? Somewhere along the timeline, they were exposed to
moisture. Maybe a plumbing leak, or maybe they were stored elsewhere
for a time.



No....not rusty when I arrived. They were not stored elsewhere, nor were
they exposed to any leaks. It's just weird.

do you have other chemicals in the area? things with HCL, like a gallon of
pool acid, tend to rust things in their local area even if tightly closed,
if there is no good ventilation.