berr13 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Tried my first paint job with a spray can of Rustoleum today, and I'm proud to say that I'm pretty happy with it. I do have a question though--anybody know if Rustoleum is lacquer or enamel? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Jackson Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I'm quite sure that rustoleum is enamel based. I haven't used it on bodies, but on other parts I have had great results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillyb1 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Rustoleum makes paints that they call enamel, acrylic, and lacquer. Usually the can says right on it what kind of paint it is. The lacquers go on beautifully and are very, very forgiving. Their lacquer clear is absolutely beautiful. This is what it looks like: I've had great luck with the lacquers; however, the other kinds of Rustoleum have produced less-than-satisfactory results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine440 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I use their White Acrylic Lacquer a great deal. Some of thier primers go on real heavy and take forever to dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I've used Rustoleum on chassis and parts with no primer underneath and no problems either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I use their White Acrylic Lacquer a great deal. Some of thier primers go on real heavy and take forever to dry. I had some Rustoleum primer that wasnt fully dried after 4 weeks. Never will use that stuff again. The lacquers, however, intrigue me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berr13 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hey, thanks to everybody for the assistance! What I used was the "Painter's Touch" line of Rustoleum, and I cannot find any mention on the can of whether it's enamel or lacquer. Based on the fact that the painted model (Revell '57 Ford) is still somewhat tacky, I'm guessing enamel. My concern in this is that I'll probably want to touch it up with clear, and which to use. The specific paint was "gloss warm yellow", and to me it's a really great color, filling a gap between Testors bug yellow and the Phoenician yellow lacquer. And as you've probably figured by now, I don't have an airbrush, and it's spray cans for me for everything. And, since I usually use enamels, I don't mind waiting for a job to dry thoroughly--I've waited a year before in order to do a two-tone '57 Chevy (well, I mighta gotten sidetracked a little). Anyway, thanks again for the ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportandmiah Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I have had great success with Rustoleum, especially their clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
935k3 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 An easy way to tell if it is laquer or enamel is to read the instructions where it talks about recoat times. If it says recoat anytime it's laquer, if it says recoat within an hour or wait X amount of time it's enamel. That's how I knew Krylon changed from a good Acrylic laquer to the BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH enamel it is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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