About using rattle can paint

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Here's a question for everybody to consider. My man cave is in complete disarray. It's loaded up with pots and pans during the countertop and tiling work, as well as being overloaded with kits I've bought that I have no room for at the present time. That, along with the fact my wife gets a little grumpy over the smell of paint in the house made me think about trying something.

Our garage is attached and has the heated part of the house on two walls. It's well insulated since it had been a family room when we bought it. It does have two large baseboard heaters in it that I'll use once I have the hobby room built in it.

In the meantime, I'm wondering about taking parts out there and spraying them, then moving them right back in and letting them dry back in the laundry room. I just checked and the temp in the garage right now is right on 60 degrees. The outdoor temp here right now is 56 degrees.

So my question to all you guys is whether or not I can get away with painting parts with rattle cans in the garage and then moving them right back in the house. Would taking the parts and paint out of the 69 degree house, into 55 - 60 degree temps to paint, then moving them back into the house cause me problems? The stuff wouldn't be subjected to extreme temperature changes and would only be in the slightly cooler temps for a short period - just long enough to apply a thin coat.

Anybody care to share your thoughts on this?

[BUCKY]

You shouldn't have any problems doing it that way. I might even leave the parts out there until the aroma dissipates. As long as the air is dry in the garage, there should be no worries with the paint.

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Cool. Right now would be kind of a bad time. We're getting some heavy rainfall along with strong winds. Not thunderstorms, just windy & rainy.

I'm thinking that when this wet weather blows out of here and cooler, drier weather settles in next week, I might just try out this Fusion paint on a Mustang body I have set out. I think it would look great painted the red color I got in the Fusion brand.

Thanks for your input. I rely on you guys and your experience. Helps newbie dingbats like me a bunch!

[BUCKY]

Are you planning to use primer under the Fusion paint? I would do that, so the Fusion paint won't be as likely to craze the plastic.

[68383]

I would ventilate anywhere you consider painting.

[BUCKY]

Feb 24, 2019 0:50:51 GMT -5 68383 said:

I would ventilate anywhere you consider painting.

I totally agree!

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Feb 24, 2019 0:40:27 GMT -5 BUCKY said:

Are you planning to use primer under the Fusion paint? I would do that, so the Fusion paint won't be as likely to craze the plastic.

I hadn't decided about that. The Fusion is a 2 in 1 type paint with primer and paint components. I'm not familiar enough with it to know how well the primer part works and I don't have any idea how it will react being applied over another primer. My first instinct was to at least apply a light primer coat before the Fusion.

Glad you brought this up. I'm open to all suggestions.

[BUCKY]

I might grab some white plastic spoons. Primer half of them with a good automotive primer. Use the other half without primer. Shoot the Fusion on all of the spoons the same way. That should give you a good test bed to go by, without damaging parts to a kit that might not be easily replaced. It will also give you an idea what the color will look like.

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Feb 24, 2019 0:50:51 GMT -5 68383 said:

I would ventilate anywhere you consider painting.

That's not a problem in my garage. I had my contractor install a whole house attic fan in the garage ceiling. We run it from about 10:00 am to around 9:00 pm in the summer. We crack one of the garage doors about 10" to 12" to allow air flow. Doing that drops the temperature as much as 25 - 30 degrees in the garage on hot days. Since the garage is attached and shares 2 walls with our living space, I thought it was mandatory to lower the garage temp to make cooling with the A/C easier (and cheaper). The fan is a belt driven style from many years ago. I had the contractor use a 220 volt, low speed motor that moves a good deal of air, but uses very little electricity. Had to make it economical so it paid to run it lowering the A/C usage.

So it'll be no problem ventilating the garage while I'm painting. I'm planning on putting a filtered exhaust system in the new hobby room that will vent into the attic. Our house has a ridge vent so all the smell will exit the house. By using a filter on the system I put in the new hobby room I'll trap all the paint particles and only fumes will exit the room and the ridge vent.

For now, there will be some paint that is vented into the attic, but I'm not going to be doing all that much between now and the time I get the new hobby room done. My contractor is actually a very good friend and even though I decided I couldn't use him on the hobby room while we still had work in the house we needed to be paying him to do, he has already indicated he's going to jump in on a couple of things he's better at than me. That's what friends are for, I guess.

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Yeah, I have already thought about doing thorough testing of the Fusion on spoons. I think I'll even try 3 it 4 different lacquer primers under it. Hopefully at least a couple of the spoons will result in a good finish. If I remember correctly Walmart had lacquer primer from Krylon. I might even pick up a can of it to test.

Who knows? I might find the Krylon lacquer primer to be the best thing since sliced bread!

[BUCKY]

Along with the Krylon primer, might I suggest trying DupliColor primer? I get mine from the local auto parts store. I use it on every build I do. It goes on evenly, and can be sanded smooth. I shoot all kinds of paint over it.

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Is DupliColor a lacquer or enamel? I had in my mind it was enamel.

[BUCKY]

I'm not sure. I'll hafta google that. Lol

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Yeah, somewhere I have a "tips" document I believe actually came from DupliColor. In it, there is a "guide" about which can be used over which. I'm sure it states that lacquer can NOT be used over enamel. I'll have to see if I can find that. Either way, I'm not going to try lacquer over enamel primer. I want to use lacquer for both primer and color coat paint.

[Mr. E]

One more thing Steve, one thing I found to be very important about spraying lacquer paint. Wear a good respirator no matter how well ventilated your area is. Lacquer paint is no joke, it will tear up your lungs to a very bad end.