You never know what you will find in Grandpa's shed

[JDBraze]

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I picked these up last summer. They were stored in the cold for many years, so hopefully it sprays out well. I'll take the cans to a place with a paint shaker and spray it on a busted up hood. I'll post the results, but won't be until the summer. I hope the cold didn't ruin them.

[ihengineer76]

The cold shouldn't bother it since it is an oil base paint. You are better off stirring it really well with a paint stick. You can scrape the color solids off the bottom better with it. Let us know how it turns out!

And also, the cans I have are the 79 color. Oh well, maybe I will find a 79 that needs a repaint. They look good on the shelf anyway.

[JD600]

If i remember correctly, when my brother worked at the local hardware store, you cannot shake metallic enamel paint. They sold Rustoleum enamel based paint and he put a can of "Aluminum" in the shaker for a customer. Well, about 30 or so seconds after starting the shaker, the lid blew off the can and coated the inside of the hardware store in "West Virginia Chrome" His boss told him you cannot shake it due to some sort of reaction that takes place inside the can that builds pressure. I would assume this paint would react in a similar fashion....


DE

[JDBraze]

Never heard of that, but anything is possible. I painted cars years ago with metallic paints and they would shake without a problem. I'll make sure who ever shakes it can clamp it in top and bottom. I just thought shaking them would get those pasty pigments off the bottom and hopefully more thoroughly mixed.

Kelly

[TOYMECH]

"West Virginia Chrome" - Dustin, you kill me! I GOTTA add that one to my collection!

Just a tip for you guys trying out the paint - stir it very well, shake and use a universal urethane catalyst (hardener) with it and thin it to the consistency of 2% milk. The Hardener makes it flow out better and is nice and glossy when it dries...

Greg

[ihengineer76]

I usually gauge how much reducer to use by seeing how it washes up on the side of my mixing cup. I have found it to be a little more consistent than trying to gauge the thickness of the paint by stirring and seeing how it drips off the stir stick. With a metallic especially, I over reduce to final coat and fog it on with a wide spray angle to get the paint to lay nice and even. If you try to spray in the standard 50% overlap fashion like you do with a solid color or primer, you are likely to end up with tiger stripes in the metallic.