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[WinterDeere]

I know it's been said already in this thread, but... modern spray paint cans. I pulled the battery out of my zero turn this morning, and of course the tray rusting. No worries, the metal is thick, just a few minutes with a wire brush and needle scaler to clean it up.

I grab a can of Rustoleum "rusty metal primer" from my bin, it was used earlier this year but properly inverted to clear the nozzle, as is my usual habit. I start spraying, and get most of the battery tray primed before it clogs hard. Clog is not in the nozzle, as always anymore, it's in the feed tube inside the can.

I let that dry, then grab an already half-used can of Rustoleum Farm and Implement "JD Green". No matter how I shake it, I can't get consistent spray unless I hold it perfectly up-right. No good, toss it.

Then I grab a new, unused can of Rustoleum Farm and Implement "John Deere Green". Not sure why one is labeled "JD Green" and the other "John Deere Green", the caps are the same color. It's clogged, right off the bat, just got a small spritz.

Then I grab a third, also unused can of Rustoleum Farm and Implement "JD Green". Second brand new can, clogged before I ever got to them. These were all bought inside the last year.

Then I grab a fourth can, some half-used off-brand (TSC?) of unknown age in JD Green, and after shooting nothing but clear solvent for a few seconds, it works well enough to shoot two full coats. I'll try for a third after lunch.

Rustoleum used to be the best name in rattle cans, when I was a kid. I always knew their "One Touch" and "2X" products were crap, but their classic stuff has always worked great. Tractor Supply used to carry Valspar's Farm and Implement line, which always worked well enough, but now they have this Rustoleum crap that just clogs right out of the box.

 

[bcp]

My experience with recent Rustoleum matches yours.

Bruce

 

[WinterDeere]

The worst part of it is the clog always seems to be in the feed tube, down inside the can. So no amount of nozzle cleaning will resurrect a clogged assembly.

 

[thepumpguysc]

I “HAD” those problems until I started heating the cans..
Really HOT water works too..
Last couple of days/weeks we’ve had some cold temps in the 20’s/30’s.. enough to pull out the electric heater..
I simply put the can on it or in front of it and pick it up a time or 3 and give it a good shake and no more spritz..
Like I said, real hot water works too..

 

[bigtiller]

I just pitched a brand new can last week.
Next time I will give your idea a try.
It sounds like a 1500 watt milkhouse heater would work.

 

[ultrarunner]

My experience with recent Rustoleum matches yours.

Bruce

I still have some new 30 year old cans and grabbed one last week and sprayed perfect… semi flat black from the 90’s

 

[Oaktree]

My experience with recent Rustoleum matches yours.

I seem to have been getting a lot of clogs myself lately, though it seems fairly brand agnostic.
Has anyone else noted that the "invert can" to clear the nozzle doesn't seem to work on a lot of modern rattlecans? Just sprays paint as if it were right side up.

 

[JasperFrank]

People deliberately messing with you in traffic.
I'm taking wife to doctor an hour ago. All is well and a bit of road construction. No workers, just 10 orange traffic cones where there's 30 feet of gravel. Idiot in front of us STOPS! So I lightly tap the horn. Now two people flipping us off...s-l-o-w-l-y go ahead...so I scoot around and go. Now they nail it...the fight is on...but we made it fine. Now I make sure car's ok, idiots went on their way.

Just got back from a bit of a highway road trip. I use cruise control alot, bad knees. And it happens all the time that the car being overtaken will realize they are just under the posted speed, so they speed up while you are attempting on overtake. And will follow you side by side till I have to go much faster, or go off the cruise control setting to fall back. If I fall back, they will then settle back in to a slower than posted speed. And then repeat the same actions when you later want to over take them.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
Even on the interstate, I always speed up beyond the CC speed when passing a car. I don't like having somebody in my own blind spot when they're passing at .5 mph faster than I am, so try not to stay in someone else's.

Not quite what you described however.

 

[thepumpguysc]

That happens to me A LOT.!!
I fix it by drifting across the yellow line..
THAT wakes up QUICK..

 

[drssg]

Just got back from a bit of a highway road trip. I use cruise control alot, bad knees. And it happens all the time that the car being overtaken will realize they are just under the posted speed, so they speed up while you are attempting on overtake. And will follow you side by side till I have to go much faster, or go off the cruise control setting to fall back. If I fall back, they will then settle back in to a slower than posted speed. And then repeat the same actions when you later want to over take them.

One of the more modern car features that I love is adaptive cruise control. I can set it for the speed that I would like to go, and the car maintains a safe following distance with the car in front of me.

I find that I am more tolerant of cars in front of me that are varying their speed. If the car has been consistently traveling slower than my desired speed, and I have a good break in traffic behind me, then I'll try going around. Otherwise, it's easier to just wait in line. I'm not in that big of a hurry anymore.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
My company Tundra has that. I don't use it because even at the highest setting it follows to close.

 

[WinterDeere]

I “HAD” those problems until I started heating the cans..
Really HOT water works too..
Last couple of days/weeks we’ve had some cold temps in the 20’s/30’s.. enough to pull out the electric heater..
I simply put the can on it or in front of it and pick it up a time or 3 and give it a good shake and no more spritz..
Like I said, real hot water works too..

That might be worth a try, but my shop is heated and air-conditioned, so it wasn't real cold to begin with. I keep it set at 55F/85F when I'm not out there, so it was probably 55-57F when I first went out this morning, but I had already turned the heat up to 63F hours before spraying.

So, the cans weren't exactly hot or warm, but they were probably somewhere close to 60F... not very cold.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I use a lot of Rustoleum and have very little trouble. If you look at the nozzle the tip can be removed with a pocket knife (most tips) and a drop of Brake-Kleen and rubber tipped air gun usually cleans it out. I never ever turn can upside down blowing out after use and have 30 yo cans still spray. If tube going into can is clogged, which almost never happens with me, I put a drop of brake cleaner on top and shop air sprayed down in.
I always shake can a lot before use and during spray. Any trouble usually is the nozzle so I save good nozzles from empty can as well as the marble inside!

 

[WinterDeere]

I use a lot of Rustoleum and have very little trouble. \

I never have trouble with the traditional white cans, either. This was the Farm and Implement product, though. I don't think they make a good "JD Green" in the traditional product line.

If you look at the nozzle the tip can be removed with a pocket knife (most tips) and a drop of Brake-Kleen and rubber tipped air gun usually cleans it out.

Yep, done that. But these weren't clogged in the nozzle, it was clogged down inside the can.

I never ever turn can upside down blowing out after use and have 30 yo cans still spray.

I always do this. I still remember being taught this trick ca.1980, as a kid who basically lived in dad's or grandpop's shops.

If tube going into can is clogged, which almost never happens with me, I put a drop of brake cleaner on top and shop air sprayed down in.

Okay, I gotta see this move! Sounds scary.

 

[Runner]

When I finish spraying paint, I always pull the nozzle off the paint can and then pull the nozzle off a can of carb cleaner. Then, I put the paint nozzle on the carb cleaner can (or hold it tightly over the tube sticking out the top) with a rag around it and spray a shot of carb cleaner through the paint nozzle. Prevents most spraying problems on the next use.

I also spray a little carb cleaner down into the tube of the paint can before I put the nozzle back on.

Finally, I keep a stock of known good nozzles of various types in stock in case of emergency.

Seems I've read somewhere that they changed something about the paint cans such that spraying upside down doesn't empty out the nozzle anymore. That comports with my experience also.

 

[Alan46]

“When I finish spraying paint, I always pull the nozzle off the paint can and then pull the nozzle off a can of carb cleaner. Then, I put the paint nozzle on the carb cleaner can (or hold it tightly over the tube sticking out the top) with a rag around it and spray a shot of carb cleaner through the paintnozzle. Prevents most spraying problems on the next use.”

Great idea! Will have to try it!

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Eventually I noticed that shaking the can for a lot longer than I used to helps quite a bit.

 

[BravoXray]

I still have some new 30 year old cans and grabbed one last week and sprayed perfect… semi flat black from the 90’s

I still have a couple of cans of black and silver spray paint that I know were bought in the late 70s, and they still work, I just used some of the black last week.

 

[WinterDeere]

I still have a couple of cans of black and silver spray paint that I know were bought in the late 70s, and they still work, I just used some of the black last week.

Same. Just like old refrigerators, old spray cans work fine. It's only the new ones that fail.