Argh! Another aerosol can gives up

jaxs · Nov 15, 2020

It doesn't solve all the problem but a little HVLP sprayer sure make's life alot easier. I would estimate 1 quart of paint will cover as much as 20 rattle cans. You can find desired colors much eaiser and custom mix any you please. If you aren't sold on HVLP,rent one for a project and I wager you be be then. I paid around $300 for mine about 15 years ago and it surpassed my wildest expectations. I've done 3 "20 foot" car/trucks,a couple of tractors,countless wheels and impliments,house shutters,kitchen cabinets and a host of other things and never had a moment's trouble. NOW,having said that,I thourgly clean it after every use. My experince has been 90% of people fail to clean any painting tool as well as they should and that's what kill's sprayers and brushes.

BravoXray · Nov 15, 2020

I usually buy Rustoleum Self Etching Primer when I'm painting parts for projects or parts off my Kubota or JD. The ;ast can I had sputtered it last, so I went to my local hardware store in town, you know the type, been there since the 40s, with creaky wood floors, and has everything you ever need. But they didn't have it, so the next closest place is Harbor Freight. They usually have it in stock, but all they had was some off-brand stuff I'd never seen before. Picked up a couple of cans, figured I'd give it a try. First can shot paint out in a stream like a can of WD40, second can was completely DOA. %&&#*&%@ !!!!
So, I get back in the truck and head to Lowes, just a mile down from HF. They have plenty in stock, and it's $.50 a can cheaper than the HF crap, so I get three cans.
The Rustoleum stuff works perfectly.
Last time I'll buy off-brand paint.

Industrial Toys · Nov 15, 2020

I bought a bunch of HVLP gravity fed sprayers on sale at Princess Auto. Then tried to buy replacement filters which they don't have, so returned them no questions asked. Their moto, no sale is final til your satisfied. Works for me.

Peter 315 · Nov 15, 2020

I just had a can of Rustoleum primer give me one spray then quit and a I shook the can for 20 minutes.....

user.69169 · Nov 17, 2020

Watch dis video, save you testing a bunch of ideas.
Dese boys got a slow motion camer to matc der thinkin skills.
Exploding Spray Paint at 25fps - The Slow Mo Guys - YouTube

I sure coulda used dat paint.

Industrial Toys · Nov 17, 2020

IT's funny. For all the paint cans I have thrown in the bon fire, actually a swollen can of beans made a bigger boom.

flyerdan · Nov 18, 2020

That's probably because the bean can was a lot thicker material and can build far greater pressures before failing.
The most impressive aerosol can explosion I ever saw was when I found a mostly full can of starting fluid along the road when I was a kid (one of the big 1960's cans, not the poncy little ones of today) with a broke off nozzle. It went into the fire of an old root cellar we were getting rid of, it rattled windows and threw up a big roiling orange mushroom cloud.