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By Carmen - 26/02/2011 13:57 - United States

Today, I painted an area I had carefully sanded, cleaned, and taped off. I pulled a fan out of the closet to help dry it faster. I turned the fan on, and a million dust particles flew off onto the wet paint. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/06/2018 20:30

Today, after showering and moisturising, I turned my fan on to max blast. I got covered in clumps of dust, which I had to take another shower to remove. FML

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By hackling fellow - 10/03/2011 13:17

Today, I was painting my mom's house, which so far had taken 12 hours over two days. All of a sudden there was a wind storm. All of the leaves stuck to the wet paint. FML

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By hopelessteej - 28/01/2013 13:55 - Australia - Sydney

Today, someone put a whole packet of glitter on the blades of my ceiling fan. Too bad I only noticed when I turned it on. FML

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By ick - 31/07/2010 01:44 - United States

Today, I was repainting the walls in my room. While painting, I noticed a dark spot on the wall that wouldn't seem to go away no matter how much paint I put on it. A bucket of paint and hours later, I realized that "dark spot" was a shadow. FML

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By jazzybell - 21/11/2011 00:29 - United States

Today, I found out that a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser will erase the paint right off your wall. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/06/2009 07:24 - South Africa

Today, I was painting the garage door. After 3 hours, I finally finished the job. As I was walking back inside, accidentally pressed the button that opens and closes the garage door. Not only did the paint job get messed up as it went up, the paint also dripped onto my parents brand new car. FML

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mike3775 35

Saturday 26 February 2011 21:40

NEVER put a fan on wet paint, even if its brand new out of the box. You should always allow the paint to dry naturally

illmatic2 16

Saturday 26 February 2011 20:40

Dust yourself off and try again.

Comments

truehitman2010 0

Saturday 26 February 2011 20:21

ydi

krazy_glu3 0

Saturday 26 February 2011 21:33

maybe it was in/on the fan. either way.. it sucks

ahole123 0

Sunday 27 February 2011 5:34

YDI for being that stupid

xXUND3ADcityXx 0

Friday 13 April 2012 10:57

YDI.. You really didn't notice all the dust on the fan

herpderpherpderp 13

Sunday 4 November 2012 0:14

illmatic2 16

Saturday 26 February 2011 20:40

Dust yourself off and try again.

Hanimon 0

Sunday 27 February 2011 4:06

omg I would get soooooo mad

JustinThunder 8

Saturday 26 February 2011 20:43

That's why you should hire other people for these things.

that_is_Nathy 9

Saturday 26 February 2011 21:13

YDI for being incredibly stupid. Really....

alex84957 0

Saturday 26 February 2011 21:17

I don't blame you. A lot of people wouldn't have thought of it.

JaydnGage 0

Sunday 27 February 2011 12:42

Classic.

mike3775 35

Saturday 26 February 2011 21:40

NEVER put a fan on wet paint, even if its brand new out of the box. You should always allow the paint to dry naturally

WOW_BS 0

Sunday 27 February 2011 9:03

pun?

SassiestLemon 2

Sunday 27 February 2011 10:38

I don't see any pun.

supervacaneous 4

Saturday 26 February 2011 22:22

Or leave it on and call it abstract art.

Rosa_La_Hermosa 5

Saturday 26 February 2011 22:32

FYL that must have sucked so bad, I know I would have gotten so frustrated.

TheLadWhoLived 0

Sunday 27 February 2011 6:37

Because, of course, you would've anticipated dust flying off of the fan blades onto the wet paint.

that_is_Nathy 9

Sunday 27 February 2011 9:16

i would. Ever cleaned a fan from the inside? No? See. Found teh point. Plus, I wouldn't try to make it dry faster, I'd right away buy the right paint. Or be patient enough to wait, because wrong drying can **** this thing up in so many ways. I don't think waiting is that horrible, since a whole room last year took about an hour to dry. That's not too much

SassiestLemon 2

Sunday 27 February 2011 10:42

o.0

cmyk 19

Sunday 27 February 2011 17:19

0.o

randiZ25 0

Sunday 27 February 2011 10:15

Unless you have many coats to apply and only a short amount of time. Actually using a fan would be the smarter thing to do, shortens the time thus less time for accidents to happen.. OP YDI~I don't usually YDI unless a married husband gets caught, ect. You can see the dust and mess build up on the bank of a fan..