Anybody ever decanted Rustoleum?

[macudono]

I've used rustoleum 2x clear gloss right out of the spray can and found it to be too much material

Sprays on too thick and has a tendency to cover details and/or accumulate at the edges no matter howfast oir light

my spray passes are .

Thinking about decanting it to see if it would spray In my airbrush- anyone? done it?- needed to thin?

what thinner if necessary?  

[Dave G.]

11 hours ago, macudono said:

I've used rustoleum 2x clear gloss right out of the spray can and found it to be too much material

Sprays on too thick and has a tendency to cover details and/or accumulate at the edges no matter howfast oir light

my spray passes are .

Thinking about decanting it to see if it would spray In my airbrush- anyone? done it?- needed to thin?

what thinner if necessary?  

I've not decanted the 2x clear. But 2x colors decant and with a bit of lacquer thinner added, they airbrush beautifully. The extra thinner is enough to make it atomize through the airbrush to my liking. It also aids in flow out and leveling. With just a can of white and a few base colors you can make some great pastels for the 40's and 50's era factory stock builds.

Anyway, guess that doesn't help your clear situation. That 2x clear has a smell all it's own is all I know. I've clear coated some art work with it from the can is all.

[deuces wild]

Now that we all know about decanting spray cans, what mix ratios do you guys use for enamel and lacquer paints such as rustoleum and or Dupli-Color paints and the like????...... Thanks in advance!!!!!......

[Dave G.]

6 hours ago, deuces wild said:

Now that we all know about decanting spray cans, what mix ratios do you guys use for enamel and lacquer paints such as rustoleum and or Dupli-Color paints and the like????...... Thanks in advance!!!!!......

 The Rusto 2X once decanted, ( maybe pour off what is needed from that volume for your paint job before thinning) add at first about 1/4 the volume being used, of hardware store lacquer thinner ( the medium dry Klean Strip, non green label stuff). That may well do it, as found out in a test pattern spray. But it won't be too much, so there is room for more if needed. When it swirls right in the cup, sprays right and has good coverage, well you're there. It's worth noting that it will spray, depending on nozzle size how well, right from the can in an air brush. It's generally too thick though, at least for me. And not all colors are the same viscosity out of the can.

You want what looks like the original formulation Klean Strip lacquer thinner, though. It seems they have more than one iteration these days. In fact perhaps 3. The environmentally green stuff. A fast dry. And the original medium dry.

I don't do a lot of this right now, I've been into the wonders of working with Createx products for plastics, with 4030 additive and their new 4021 reducer, then 4050 clear coat..  I've used it for years in T Shirt and place mat art straight up, anyway. But the 4030 cross links it to an acrylic urethane for hard surface painting.

I don't use Duplicolor products, so no info on that front.