# A funny notice on my acrylic paint... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307 "2010-02-24T20:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307/1 "2010-02-24T20:36:46Z")
A while ago, i found that I was really missing creative work, so decided to take up crafts and painting again. I bought some acrylic colours, and then when reading the label on one of the paint flacons, I noticed that among other things it said: _resistant to saliva._ My first thought was, who the hell goes around licking artwork? Seriously though, why should paint be resistant to saliva? Does it maybe have something to do with people sneezing/coughing near a work, or what…? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307/2 "2010-02-24T20:55:28Z")
You don’t have kids, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307/3 "2010-02-24T21:02:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > You don’t have kids, do you? No, I don’t. Wouldn’t they try to taste the paint straight out of the flacon (or tub) though, rather than licking (or spitting on) a work that’s in progress or completed? ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307/4 "2010-02-24T22:03:46Z")
Acrylic on glassware will encouter lickage. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307/5 "2010-02-25T01:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > No, I don’t. Wouldn’t they try to taste the paint straight out of the flacon (or tub) though, rather than licking (or spitting on) a work that’s in progress or completed? They won’t try to taste the paint straight out of the container for the simple reason that the container is going to be attended for the entire time it’s off the shelf and open. Anything unattended that a toddler can reach, though, is going to end up in that toddler’s mouth sooner or later. It’s not that they’re trying to taste paint specifically, so much as that they’re trying to taste _everything_. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307/6 "2010-02-25T01:40:03Z")
Thanks for your contributions so far. But beside painted glassware, and young children putting anything and everything into their mouths, are there any other reasons why paint (especially acrylic) should be “spit-proof”? Because really, I found this a bit odd, and briefly imagined very silly and/or high people walking around and licking paintings and painted figurines. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307/7 "2010-02-25T03:54:18Z")
It’s saliva fast for any objects that are painted that might potentially come onto contact with babies. ## Say you use it to paint a toy or a cot - so the dry paint won’t become softened and get ingested. Saliva fastness is usually required in baby products. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-notice-on-my-acrylic-paint/530307/8 "2010-02-25T17:04:16Z")
Curious . . . what brand are these acrylics?