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She is going to kill me!!!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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I got pain over the shade of my mum's beige table lamp. Oh god. It's emulsion and it won't come out. I've scrubbed it with fairy liquid and cleaner and turps.

Help :(

*Edited - It wasn't quite £150 ( I just found out ) but she is really annoyed with me. I don't want to have to pay for it!

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thats what you get for spending £150 on a lamp.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No. That's what I get for not covering the lamp. Kthnx
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Against The Tide wrote:
    Thats what you get for spending £150 on a lamp.

    Helpful :rolleyes: and its not uncommon to have a lamp that much.

    Whats the material on it Jazza? Like is it cloth or not... do you have any nail polish remover?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Emulsion should wipe off with a damp cloth, turps just tends to spread emulsion around. Turn the shade around with the stain to the back ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    anybody wanna share what emulsion is? i've looked and the best I got was
    1 a : a system (as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size
    b : the state of such a system
    2 : SUSPENSION 2b(3); especially : a suspension of a sensitive silver salt or a mixture of silver halides in a viscous medium (as a gelatin solution) forming a coating on photographic plates, film, or paper

    I thought he ment paint, but now I'm just confused.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah provided you haven't left it to dry you should just be able to wash it off with water. Alternatively if it doesn't move you could try picking it off later after it dries.

    Or buy a new shade.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've edited my post. It wasn't as much as that but she is really annoyed.

    Manda - the material is like thread almost. It's a synthetic fibre anyway and the paint has managed to dry.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    a hand held mini carpet cleaner. :yes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    As if I have one of those!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    my_name wrote:
    anybody wanna share what emulsion is? i've looked and the best I got was
    1 a : a system (as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size
    b : the state of such a system
    2 : SUSPENSION 2b(3); especially : a suspension of a sensitive silver salt or a mixture of silver halides in a viscous medium (as a gelatin solution) forming a coating on photographic plates, film, or paper

    I thought he ment paint, but now I'm just confused.
    Emulsion is paint. It's used for painting walls.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jazza wrote:
    As if I have one of those!

    I'd lend you mine, but you're a bit far away :p

    Emulsion is water soluble (I think) so it should wash off, but if you've already puts turps and fairy liquid on it might have made it worse.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: She is going to kill me!!!

    Jazza's mum, in the lounge, with the table lamp.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    bad seed wrote:
    Jazza's mum, in the lounge, with the table lamp.

    :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It almost ended up that way! I told her that I'd buy her a new shade if she could get one to match. She's still annoyed though, I think. But at least the living room's painted...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jazza wrote:
    It almost ended up that way! I told her that I'd buy her a new shade if she could get one to match. She's still annoyed though, I think. But at least the living room's painted...
    Aww arent you a good son, can I borrow you? :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    She shouldn't get your painting if she isn't prepared to face the consequences.

    her fault, not yours.

    What sort of person spends that much on a lamp? I know they do, but chuffin nora, what a waste of money.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    it was an accident, they happen. don;t worry.
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