Stupid Dopers [modified]
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OK, some dopeheads have been over here painting the buildings all week, and for the most part it's been ok, until today. The guys painted right over a very obvious digital thermometer out on my deck! How the heck am I supposed to read it like that? Actually I can read it from it's base unit inside the house, but I'm sure it's wrong and all messed up now... the humidity sensor is probably damaged beyond repair. It's only worth 50 bucks but it really upsets me cuz it was a Christmas gift from my dad. Is there any way to get the paint off this thing and make it right again or should I ask their boss for my 50 bucks? :mad::(( -- modified at 20:40 Friday 1st June, 2007 It's plastic btw... Clickety[^]
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http://www.smoothjazzy.com/ - see the "Programming" section for freeware tools and articles.Acetone. Oh, I see it's a plastic thermometer. Don't use acetone on plastic, it's a solvent for plastics. For latex, any type of warm water with detergent in it should work. Try scraping some off with a razor blade first. If it doesn't come off with water and detergent, it's probably something other than latex.
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OK, some dopeheads have been over here painting the buildings all week, and for the most part it's been ok, until today. The guys painted right over a very obvious digital thermometer out on my deck! How the heck am I supposed to read it like that? Actually I can read it from it's base unit inside the house, but I'm sure it's wrong and all messed up now... the humidity sensor is probably damaged beyond repair. It's only worth 50 bucks but it really upsets me cuz it was a Christmas gift from my dad. Is there any way to get the paint off this thing and make it right again or should I ask their boss for my 50 bucks? :mad::(( -- modified at 20:40 Friday 1st June, 2007 It's plastic btw... Clickety[^]
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http://www.smoothjazzy.com/ - see the "Programming" section for freeware tools and articles.FYI y'all thanks for the suggestions. There is no way to fix it but the part can be replaced for 25 bucks so I'm not going to worry about it. There was a lot of stuff that went wrong here, and you can be sure I'll be bringing a list in to the next HOA meeting. This work didn't need to be done in the first place and I'm a little bugged that they did it anyway... to make the buildings 'look like' the ones across the street, which are managed by the same company, but the whole thing is stupid, because we are the owners and it's almost like we have no say at all in what happens around here. I've got lots of photos of negligence, trash left around, dangerous equipment sitting out in the open, etc, etc...
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Jasmine2501 wrote:
they painted over other stuff too, like large parts of a tree, part of a chair, and all the innards of a box of wires when the cover was sitting right there
:wtf: Sounds like the guys worked with lead-containing, solvent-based paints for too long ...nothing short of poisoning (except laziness perhaps) can make such a vegetable out of a person:rolleyes: If the you can take the thing apart and just have the plastic box off separately, you can maybe try soaking it in some rubbing alcohol and then rubbing it with the back side (melamine fiber side) of a kitchen sponge... Roswell
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City Mayor, Los Angeles, CARoswellNX wrote:
Sounds like the guys worked with lead-containing, solvent-based paints for too long ...nothing short of poisoning (except laziness perhaps) can make such a vegetable out of a person
not necessarily. The idiots my landlord hired to restain the exterior woodwork looked like just out of HS kids and did an equally wretched job. They missed almost 10% of the back surfaces slopped almost as much stain on the ground/concrete porch as on the wood itself. Didn't tape or move anything. The rubbermaid tub I have on my porch was totally covered in splatters when they were done. Not to mention the highs the days they were painting were in the low 50's and you need temps near 70 for it to set properly. IT was tacky for several days before finally drying. X| :doh:
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