Is there a hole in my tin?

Day three of painting the Jeroboam, and we can feel it coming together. I started the day by putting a coat of gloss white on the top of the fire place, whilst Brian painted the inner front panels green. Later, he put the ceiling rose up. Once the glue has dried properly he will put the rose fixing up and the lampshade back on. I have to admit I was not sure how this would look, but now it’s up I think it really helps the style of the room. Once the first coat was on the fireplace, I made a start on all the doors.

We did nearly have a mini disaster. Brian opened a tin of satin white to paint the skirting, and after about 20 minutes I heard him mutter something under his breath about a spill. I asked ‘do you need a rag?’, ‘yes please’ he replied, so I passed one over. ‘Now what’s going on? I’ve spilt more!’ I could see him looking around at the floor, spots of paint all over it. ‘Is there a hole in this tin?’. I went over to see what was going on, and realised there was indeed a small leak on the side of the tin, where the paint was slowly oozing out. I quickly put it in a paint kettle - well actually it’s an old yoghurt bucket which I’ve saved for our painting projects - that did the trick. ‘That could have been a disaster’ he exclaimed, ‘lucky I spotted it’ - we soon had it mopped up, and the mini disaster averted!