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How to get rid of paint!!!

Started by Terbs, 29 May 2018, 17:36:05

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Terbs

Simple enough question to ask, but hard to find a decent answer.
Council site says they won't accept liquid paint, so trying to fill the pots with sand. Can't see it ever drying.
Help !!!!!
:( :( :(
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Sir Tigger KC

They accept paint at my local tip, so when you next come down this way chuck it all in the boot.  :y
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STEMO

Yes, our local council accept it too, I think it's recycled in some way.

Terbs

They accept liquid paint !!!!! What's the tip called, Steve
Wrong Switch Tony......flicking the wrong bit for 50 years

Sir Tigger KC

Bridport.  :y

Bit of a way from Wareham to get rid of some old paint though.  Worth phoning the local Recycling Centre nearest your site?  ???

Other than that dig a deep hole at the bottom of your garden!  ;D
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ianu

In our area as along as it's solidified with something - cheap cat litter is a good start, or soil and stick it in the bin. It goes for landfill unfortunately....

Terbs

#6
Yes Ian, I am trying to fill with sand. However, I started with a litre of gloss white, I now have 2.5 litres of stodgy white gloss. I have added a bit of mortar.
We are away for a month from Monday, so how long should it take to go solid  :y

States quite clearly at all our local WDC sites, no liquid paint accepted :(
Wrong Switch Tony......flicking the wrong bit for 50 years

STEMO

Quote from: terbert on 29 May 2018, 17:49:21
Yes Ian, I am trying to fill with sand. However, I started with a litre of gloss white, I now have 2.5 litres of stodgy white gloss. I have added a bit of mortar.
We are away for a month from Monday, so how long should it take to go solid  :y
Surely white gloss will always come in handy?

Terbs

#8
Its years old Steve.....some left over from before I retired. Skinned, but liquid underneath. I should have got rid of it all when I was working, instead of keeping it 'for a rainy day' !!!
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Bigron

Some recycling sites (often in supermaket car parks) have big wheely bins with mouths big enough to take paint tins.....just saying.  :-X

Ron.

Sir Tigger KC

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Migv6 le Frog Fan

Put the tins in bin bags and chuck them in the skip when the on site workers are busy doing something else.
I do this with all kinds of stuff regularly.  :y :D
Its weird being the same age as old people !

zirk

The Local Bus Garage will dispose of it for Free.

Just going to cost a cheap Bus ticket ride and then forgot something  ;D

Terbs

Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 29 May 2018, 18:05:13
https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/recycling-centres/household/wareham

Says they take paint Tony.  Click on What you can recycle...  :y

Thanks, buddy...we are coming down on Monday...looks like I shall have some paint with me  :y
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Viral_Jim

Bloody stupid system. Parents tried to get rid of some at their local too (Llandovery)
Their suggestion was that we paint some bits of wood with it, which they would then accept and recycle  ::). Instead, the tins went in black bags and then into landfill.