Rustoleum Paints

[Swamp Dog]

8 hours ago, Straightliner59 said:

My only real beef with Rustoleum is dry time. Probably because I use Krylon, and have, for fifty years. Krylon dries very quickly. If I mask with Parafilm, I can accomplsh a two-tone paint job in a day, with Krylon. The only times i've had any problem with Krylon, it was self-inflicted! Anyway, that isn't relevant to the thread, I suppose. Rustoleum does have some very nice colors. Next time i need to use some, I may decant, and cut it with lacquer thinner, and see hw that behaves. I agree with David, about the vitriol some of those FB guys like to spew over a model that doesn't even belong to them! There are a lot of those loudmouths whom I have never seen anything built by, too, yet they talk down about guys who've been building, forever.

Krylon is another great paint that i forgot to mention that i also use for that same reason, it dries very quickly.

[StevenGuthmiller]

These discussions about Rustoleum paint ultimately end up devolving into a “me, me, me” conversation.

“I” can do this, and “I” don’t have any problems with that.

But in the end, it should be about what’s likely to cause the fewest issues for the average modeler.

I’m confident that there are those that can go out and buy a gallon of Valspar house paint at Home Depot and manage to get something that looks presentable, but it’s of no help to the casual builder that’s looking for products that are going to give them consistently good results without all of the hassles that can come with some materials.

I’ve said often that I no longer use Rustoleum paint for the obvious reasons, and I don’t use Tamiya either, but I have enough awareness to know which product is the better option for model cars, so therefore, I’m going to make that suggestion every time, regardless of my self interest.

I will certainly make my own suggestions when it comes to what paints I use, but I don’t expect that just because I use them, that it is therefore the ultimate suggestion for others to heed.

I’ve said many times, use whatever you’re comfortable with, and whatever gives you consistently good results, but if you find yourself having to come onto a forum or a group to vent your frustrations about a particular material with any frequency, instead of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, you might want to revisit what products and processes you use.

So yeah, do you.

But also be smart enough to know that if something, whatever it might be, is giving you problems, ditch it.

There are plenty of available options.

Completely ignore those that may try to tell you that “you’re” the problem and that “you just don’t know what you’re doing”.

That’s absolute bologna!

There are thousands of accomplished builders who’ve been doing this for a half century or more that have all of the necessary experience with the materials in question to be able to suggest that yes, there are inferior and superior products available to you, and no, you don’t have to accept bad outcomes, and “just keep trying”.

There seem to be those that just have some sort of weird brand loyalty and will suggest that the problem is “you”.

That’s just BS to the core!

 

 

Steve

Edited 16 hours ago by StevenGuthmiller