Peeling Up the Past

My dear Crackled friends, life is busy and productive and exiting right now!  The gourd studio organization has yielded 23 woodburners!  Who knew?!  Well, I should have since it IS my house for gosh sakes! The continual drive to move on to the next great gourd idea has left piles of stuff in such confusion that when a woodburner was needed I'd just buy another one. Same with pliers, and screwdrivers! But, I offer some news to you that may be helpful at some point.

I had new overhead lights installed in the garage which brightened up the space like nobody's business. The different was striking!  However, the lights also made dark corners visible and what did I behold near one of the drill presses but that a quart can of paint had toppled over and dried solid on the floor, lid and all.

The beauty part of it was that since it was latex, so I could use a chisel to pick at an edge until it curled back. At that point I could grab a firm hold on the edge and peel the whole thing off the floor in one piece, lid and all.

So, the crackled lesson? There is the obvious conclusion that a garage should never get into such a state from the get-go. A more subtle, yet potentially vital conclusion, is that the best way to deal with spilled paint (even craft paints?) is to let the spill dry completely and then peel it up, especially if it sits on a nonporous surface.