What I Learned Today – Gunk

by Tracey · Published May 10, 2017 · Updated February 9, 2019

I learned another very important lesson today. Well, actually it confirms what I know but the lesson just hadn’t sunk in yet – until today.

I had an order in the Etsy shop for one of my Porch Rule signs. You have to admit – it is cute (and you better believe that I have one on my porch too).

It takes a few days after I make one of these to ship them. After I paint the board and then stencil the sign. I like to let it dry for a day it or two because I use a cream paint for the lettering and it takes a little longer to dry. I don’t want to wrap it up and smear the paint.

So I’ve painted the board and I’ve painted the letters and I have let it dry for 3 days (remember we’ve had a long weekend). I want to get this in the mail tomorrow so I’m going to seal it today so it has time to dry before I wrap it up tomorrow.

Well, here’s the lesson.

Before you spray your sealer (or anything that comes out of a can) – STOP! Spray away from your project and make sure the paint/sealer is coming out of the can the correct way. That it is spraying a fine mist and not a blob of gunk.

Yep, you guessed it. I didn’t do as I preach. I shook that can up and aimed it at my sign and sprayed – gunk. The sealer came out in puddles of gunk over my sign.

I’m going to see if I can salvage the sign before I scrap it and have to start over.