Testors Paint Question

[espo]

My question has to do with Tesors Lacquer paints. This morning I was testing some colors for a build on the bench. I have several of the Testors spray cans that I have had for a couple of years. I used their Clear on my last build and had some bubbling issues along body and molding edges. Today I was trying one of the metallic paints and the finish looks like a spray bed liner or a vinyl roof which wasn't my intent. My normal prep before spraying includes a lot of can shaking and twirling so that the ball inside the can can get any particles that have settled to the bottom are back in suspension. I also set the spray can in some very warm water for about 5 minuets to bring the temp up and again with the shaking and twirling before I spray the parts.  Maybe others have had problems like this, and maybe the paint is just to old ? One of the cans I tried had some of the clear bubbling stuff that seems to be apparent with the Testors product also. Could this be part of the problem ? Any insight would be appreciated.   

[vintagerpm]

The bubbling in the paint is usually caused by hold the can too close to the model. Propelent is being blown into the wet paint.

[espo]

51 minutes ago, vintagerpm said:

The bubbling in the paint is usually caused by hold the can too close to the model. Propelent is being blown into the wet paint.

I thought of that also. I generally hold the can about a foot to 18" away and haven't had the finish problems like I experienced this morning.