Are their long term effects to beer??

They will probably be ok, as the beer wouldn't have had that much of a chance to seep into the paint. Give them a wipe down and let them air dry in the sun for a little bit. I think yeast likes dark, moist places best to thrive so you will probably kill most of it by doing this. I hope the guy at least apologised to you. I would not have been happy.

My vote is for having the company replace them. Especially, since they are offering. Beer is nasty and stinky, who knows how many of his nasty saliva germs were in there. I actually know of people that will have a chaw of tobacco in and be drinking at the same time! I'm sure they have some backwash in there. Ugggg! I bet you were mortified when it happened.

ew, i didn't think about backwash issues...

I vote to have them replaced. Since we don't paint with beer, we can't say definitively what could or couldn't happen, but many of us DO know that beer is full of substances most mothers would rather you not paint their children with.

Send them a bill for all of the paints you would need to purchase to replace those splits and let it be a lesson to them about how they manage events where they serve alcohol. It will also teach them how to treat you and go a long way towards improving their perception of pro facepainters. I think if most of the ninnies knew how much our kits cost they'd rethink the way they approach us! Or not.

Wow, this sounds like a great company to work for. Good for you Suzy. Hopefully, you will get to work for them if you want in the future.

I would go for it! What a great client! (And they get it as a write-off, I'm sure.) I like the idea of having practice paint!

liver disease and beer belly?

hehe...that was my first thought too, Geekophile...

I'm glad it's going to work out for you Suzy! Wow, what an awesome client!

I say have them replaced. Just think of the piece of mind you will have knowing that you are using fresh paint on your client, that won't smell like beer. You can always keep the old ones for practice ( that's if you find out they will be oky.)

Suzy, what a wonderful client to work for. I am so happy you will be able to replace those paints at no cost to you. Of course, it should be the beer-wielding klutz that pays for them, though! Boo to irresponsible drunks!!