Hi all - Recently I started a couple of old Monogram Curtiss biplane kits, =I was planning on bashing some of them into similar, unmodeled experimental= versions, like a P-20, P-22, P-23, etc. I planned on using ordinary rattle=can paints. When I reached for the Model Master Yellow, it came out in a ve=ry wide cone that was about 60-degrees (as oppised to the tighter, maybe 20=-degree cone of "normal" rattlecan paints) and with about half the pressure= of (ahain) "normal" cans. Thinking that there was something wrong with tha=t particular can, I got out another can from my stash and found it to deliv=er the same thing. The paint covers - eventually, but because of the wider =spray, I wasted a lot of paint in overspray. These paints were bought at th=e same time, about six months ago and yes, I DID shake them up throughly.Has anyone here ever noticed this effect before or did I get the brass ring=?And short of decanting the paint ito a jar for my own airgun, how do I keep= it from happening again?Thanks,John Braungart

{much snippage occurred here}from happening again?Could there have been some buildup of dried paint in the nozzles? Sometimes that effects how the paint sprays.

Has anyone noticed this??

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Sir Ray 14 years ago

ngs of a scrap Boeing P-26 using the can and, asied from being just a littl= e bit lighter than the color from my Profiles plate, I have to say that the= quality is great.

heir $4.75 per can. Intriguing, and worthy of further investigation. I've only seen the large rattlers of Krylon at WalMart, not small ones (this is the normal Home paint department). I have tried the put the paint in a pan of hot water before spraying trick, but without much success. Perhaps the water wasn't hot enough, or the can cooled too much before I got around to spraying...

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The Old Man 14 years ago

I found mine at Michaels and have seen it at A.C. Moore's and one local hardware chain.

Regards, John Braungart

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ftauss 14 years ago

Sir Ray wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@gn8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:

I have one of the radiant oil heaters in my man cave/hobby room. This past winter I just rested the can on the heater for a few minutes, checking constantly. When it was almost to hot to touch it was ready.

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