TSC paint sucks

[LD1]

There was another thread recently about majic paint from tsc, but it don't do justice.

Now I am not a professional painter, but have shot a lot of paint. Rustoleum, bps, valspar, Coronado, etc. Majic is the absolute worst I have ever used.

As mentioned in the other thread, there was about 1.5 inches of solids at the bottom of the rusty brown primer. But I can live with that.

It is impossible to paint sheet metal with this primer in one coat. If you put just enough on for good coverage of the metal, tons of runs.

Same with the enamel. IH red over the reddish brown primer, only enough to cover, and runs everywhere. Have to do very light tack coat, wait 15 min or so, then cover. PITA.

I was out and about today and went to tsc for some odds and ends. Got a can of majic primer. Rattle can. Used to to touch up a few bare spots from sanding out other runs. What a mess. Caused the base layers to crack.:mur: so I had to dirty the can up for a few shots of primer...

Clearly they went to the lowest bidder. But I wish they would go back to valspar. That stuff was good...

 

[ajmuller]

I gave up on all of that type of paint. I lay down epoxy primer followed by either base coat / clear or single stage. Lasts forever and resistant to practically everything. If you put the hardener in the Majic paints you have to deal with the same ISOs anyway, why not get a good finish.

 

[LD1]

The valspar they used to carry gave a really good finish. And with hardener, as resistant to anything or any fluid a tractor would see. And at $25 or so a gallon, I had no complaints and saw no reason to spend lots of $$$ for epoxy or urethane. And still don't. I don't need an automotive quality finish on tractor. Good enamel with gardener is fine. But this ain't good enamel

 

[daugen]

I have had great success with Valspar from TSC on a properly cleaned and primed surface, either bare metal or with prior paint. In fact, that was a reason to go to TSC....bummer. The IH Red Valspar is amazingly durable; I know sadly too well when I oversprayed it on my newly tiled workshop floor. The IH Red has held up well outdoors also.

My fallback is Rustoleum on white or black. Yes I know I could paint my 1968 Cub Cadet with modern emergency yellow paint, but I really do want the oem look. Boy am I glad I bought a bunch of that Valspar, which I am slowly using, and doing my best not to get CC yellow on the same floor. The prior owner used hardware store yellow...see the pic...at least he prepped the surface decently because it's pretty solid. I'll prime anyway.

I wonder why the parting of ways of TSC and Valspar? Just for a better margin? ??Maybe not.

 

[k0ua]

Sorry to hear about this... Yes the valspar worked well

 

[LD1]

I painted lots of things with the valspar. My bushhog 306 was painted with IH red valspar from tsc. Great paint.

Anyone else have similar experience with this new majic paint

 

[SPIKER]

Didn't know they Switched, (was thinking about painting my dump trailer again.) It was painted in 2002 with the TSC Tractor & implement paint 30 something bucks for paint thinner and hardener & had lasted real well. The Gravel getting dumped into it has gone and scratched it up some and rust is starting so it lasted a good 10 years with the first 4 or 5 hauling 200 or more yards of wet creek run from sand to 5lb + square bedrock. It didnt even rust much until I left it set all summer with a load of mulch in it :/

Mark

 

[ajmuller]

The valspar they used to carry gave a really good finish. And with hardener, as resistant to anything or any fluid a tractor would see. And at $25 or so a gallon, I had no complaints and saw no reason to spend lots of $$$ for epoxy or urethane. And still don't. I don't need an automotive quality finish on tractor. Good enamel with gardener is fine. But this ain't good enamel

Yeah, I get the expense thing. Much more expensive in general. The good news is that I get to practice my skills for my car hobby.

 

[tad84pole]

Hi, Six months ago I used the Majic Kubota orange to spray a box scraper and It took a over a week to harden (I thinned it with acetone, probably wrong). I guess I should have used the hardener and added another $15 to the cost. Since then, I welded on more steel to the box scrapers side plates making them stronger. I brush painted and again its taken about 10 days to harden. I hope its environmentally friendly but this is ridiculous.

 

[Luckyrosco]

I was just wondering if you stirred or shook the paint before use. Those soilds that are at the bottom of the can is normally the pigment and binders. If you didn't stir the paint to redisolve the soilds, then you "painted" with the thinner that is put in the can. With aerosol cans, you have to shake them for at least 10 minutes (after the marble starts rattling) before use and every few minutes during use.

I agree Valspar is a very good brand and it's easy to use. Especially the automotive brand. PPG, BASF and Dupont all make great paint. With PPG and Valspar being two of the best.