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What's your favorite rattle can?
- Thread starter Tram
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Rustoleum
http://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/professional/high-performance-enamel-spray
This is holding up well in my RV-7, easy to use, cheap, available at most hardware stores..looks nice.. I used the Light and Dark Machine Gray.
http://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/professional/high-performance-enamel-spray
This is holding up well in my RV-7, easy to use, cheap, available at most hardware stores..looks nice.. I used the Light and Dark Machine Gray.
N941WR
Legacy Member
a couple of tips
Buy a Spray Can Handle and wipe the nozzle every few squirts with a paper towel.
Before using the can, shake it up, put it in front of a small space heater for five minutes, shake it again, and squirt a little into a paper towel until you get pure paint.
Remember to start the can moving before pressing the trigger and to release the trigger before stopping. Thus, if you are going back and forth, you stop and start spraying at the end of each stroke. If you hold the trigger down all the time, you will load up paint at the end / start of each stroke.
Buy a Spray Can Handle and wipe the nozzle every few squirts with a paper towel.
Before using the can, shake it up, put it in front of a small space heater for five minutes, shake it again, and squirt a little into a paper towel until you get pure paint.
Remember to start the can moving before pressing the trigger and to release the trigger before stopping. Thus, if you are going back and forth, you stop and start spraying at the end of each stroke. If you hold the trigger down all the time, you will load up paint at the end / start of each stroke.
This is one of the best tips that I think most who use rattle can don't understand. They start "squirting" right as they hit the part and then go back and forth just spraying at will.
I always try to be spraying before the paint hits the part and don't quit until afterwards. I also like to hit it with a couple "mist coats" before I start laying it down too much.
vfrazier
Well Known Member
Some may not know that the exact match for Van's light gray powder coating is available in a rattle can.
Here it is: Cardinal Light Gray spraycan
Here it is: Cardinal Light Gray spraycan
Sorry to bring this up from so long ago, but do you just use the enamel, not the professional primer version? I purchased some of the gloss white and it is pretty tough but it says to use a primer first. The enamel is much cheaper than the professional primer though!
Vince, how durable is this stuff? For maximum adhesion, what do you use for primer when using it for cockpit interiors?
Thanks,
Have you used any of this? Did you use the roll on or the spray cans?
I'd like to spray down the interior and then use roll on for touch ups.
