jazzybell
United States
Today, I found out that a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser will erase the paint right off your wall. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
iJehx
United States
Today, I had to clean my walls with those Mr Clean Magic Sponges because we were having visitors. I got bored and started drawing penises with it because they would leave wet marks. There is nothing magic about how slow they dry when your visitors come an hour early. They saw all ten of them. FML
Anonymous
Freeze peach
Today, my kids decided to draw on the walls with permanent marker, and now my house looks like a modern art exhibit. FML
Anonymous
United States
Gonna cost ya
Today, I was cleaning my apartment because I'm moving. I was being really thorough so I could get as much of the damage deposit back as possible. I noticed I still had one of those 3M plastic hooks on the wall, and when I went to carefully take it off, a large chunk of the wall came with it. FML
Carmen
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
Anonymous
Canada
Steady on
Today, I found out the hard way that you shouldn't try to open a can of paint with a screwdriver. The lid flew off, and my kitchen floor now looks like an abstract art painting, which I could probably call, "Various blue splodges on wood canvas." FML
IcyWinter
Winnipeg, Canada
Today, I had to tell my daughter that just because markers say "washable", it doesn't mean that you can draw all over our newly-painted walls. She's 15. FML
morningeyes
This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff
United States
Burn!
Today, I was trying to remove a temporary tattoo my friend put on my cheek. When warm water and soap didn't work, I tried something else. Just so you know, Mr. Clean Magic Erasers do not, in fact, work by magic. Tell that to the massive chemical burn covering half my face. FML
Spelit
United States
Remodeling
Today, I finished painting my living room. I had to leave the house in a rush. When I got home, I found smears of paint all around and the carpet crusted with paint that had dried. My cat had rubbed up against the walls and tracked it around. FML
Anonymous
United States
DIY trick
Today, my boyfriend told my roommate about a trick he had used by filling nail holes with toothpaste when he moved out. When I came home with putty to fill the holes, there were blue spots all over the walls. She had filled them with blue gel toothpaste. Now I get to repaint, too. FML
Anonymous
Edmonton, Canada
DIY FML
Today, my dad told me it would be fine to use the mounting tape he'd bought to place paintings up in my newly painted room. I did, but after deciding I wanted to move a painting and pulling it off the wall, the wall came with it. Back to square one. FML
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StoryOfTheYear 15
Overachiever :D
juliaannw 11
It's magic!
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palahniukpaul 6
When you can see Sheetrock that's when you know it's working.
G97Alex 21
MY EYES THEY BURN!!!1! Change your pic, it's scary (seriously).
MwahFMLS 6
Poof! Your a magician.
ceilingfans 1
You're*
MwahFMLS 6
Thank you fellow grammar Nazi, you're my hero.
Clubkicker_fml 0
COOL!
Enslaved 38
I use it on my walls all the time and never had that type of problem. How hard did you scrub?
sat123 12
It's a microabrasive, and I can attest that it will remove paint. I was trying to remove some scuffs from a wall in my old place, that paint had probably been there since it was built. If you scrub lightly and relatively briefly, it'll remove stains. If you scrub hard and for longer periods, it'll remove paint. It's also reasonably good for blending paints together, fwiw. If you've painted a wall and have roller lines, the Magic Eraser can help blend the lines away.
hockeyhouse 5
It also removed the paint from my walls, but we didn't paint them so I can't attest to the quality the previous owners chose.
rachelthelime_fml 29
It's true, I used one to blend paints on a mask I made once
leadman1989 16
If you think that's bad don't move on to harder stuff... I'm hooked on pinesol.
rainbowbigbird 7
Pinesol rocks. That and lemon pledge.
Fx13mz 7
That's the power of Pinesol baby ;).
FYLDeep 26
The paint is still there. The eraser simply removed the magic that gave it its color.
SimpleSwimmer 3
Had it happen to me too OP.
Eventuality 5
Yeah, it says that on the box. YDI.
THE_A_TEEN 28
"Do not use on paint"?
breadfruit 0
I bet Mr. Clean used to be a ginger... He got very insecure about it, became obsessed with inventing products that remove unwanted color (i.e. stains), and finally came up with the magic eraser, which he then used to erase his red hair, turning it white. Quite the leap of faith, but it all fits.
KYLAisaBITCH 4
Mr. Clean is bald.
jbabe05 0
Uh mr clean is bald
breadfruit 0
My bad... It still works though. He erased the hair.
ninjuh_wingman 29
Good job. You found out that Mr. Clean Magic Eraser cleans things. Read the box next time.