Does Rustoleum Respond Well To A Dehydrator?

[oldcarfan]

Living a couple of hours from any real hobby stores, I often depend on Walmart or Hobby Lobby for my paint. Rustoleum is the most common one available. Even in a fairly dry climate, it still stays slightly soft for a while. I'm wondering if a food dehydrator will speed the drying process on this paint?

[bobss396]

I'm using one of their blues for Ford engines. I have dried them in the dehydrator recently with success. I probably ran it for 5 or 6 hours. I always let it cool down after. 

[Bainford]

A dehydrator will speed up the cure on all evaporative solvent based paints.

[oldcarfan]

I've been looking for a spray color and it seems Rustoleum is the only maker of the exact shade. I guess I'll hit up the resale shops tomorrow and see if they have any.

[Mike 1017]

You will have no problem I have done it. It even dried out Testors Black Enamel.

Mike

[oldcarfan]

Thanks for the help. Despite the issues we seem to have with it, I've been able to get some decent paint jobs from Rustoleum. The problem after that is the drying time. I'm going to have to see if I can convince my wife we need a dehydrator. LOL

[Jon Haigwood]

No problem in a dehydrator. I have had too many cans clog up and had to decant them. Now I go to the Auto Parts store and buy Dupli-Color 

[StevenGuthmiller]

There are several problems with Rustoleum paint other than just long curing times that people need to be aware of.

As Jon stated, the nozzles are horrible and clog up extremely easily.

That might be attributable to the fact that the paint itself is exceedingly thick, which not only clogs nozzles, but will of course have the tendency to hide detail.

The fact that it’s enamel always equates with increased possibility of runs, sags, fish eyes, etc.

But the most troubling aspect of Rustoleum paint seams to be the extremely touchy re-coat windows.

If suggested re-coat times are not followed to the letter, there’s a very high probability of failure.

I can’t tell you how many ruined paint jobs I see on the Facebook modeling groups on a daily basis which are due to Rustoleum and their re-coat windows.

It’s nearly epidemic proportions!

 

 

 

 

Steve