Transferring Rattle Can Paint for Airbrushing

[Harry P.]

I stand corrected. I'll go revise my concerns for the environment...

Actually that was for Andy's benefit. He thought CO2 was what was used as propellant, I was trying to let him know he was wrong. Wasn't meant as an answer to any of your posts.

[Harry P.]

I know harry - I just thought that dumping that much propellant was more harmful than I originally thought.

I guess these days what they use is basically harmless. Progress, ya know?

My guess is the actual paint itself is way more harmful than the propellant!

[scalenut]

my vehicle exhaust pipe is dumping more nastys into the air at a red light

Edited February 7, 2012 by scalenut

[Pete J.]

I've never heard of anyone doing this with a spray can...has it ever "NOT" worked for you ??? Was there a test period of getting the right amount of time in between steps..

I get a lot of touch up cans from work, I may have to try this out.

I've never had a problem with this process. As with anything, timing is critical. Normally, my wait time is over night as I mostly work in the evening after work. If you wait that long then you will never have any issues. I developed this idea because Mark Jones mentioned on time that using the other methods you leave a fair bit of paint in the can. Being frugel, I didn't want to leave any paint as it cost quite a bit per ounce.

[scalenut]

for entertainment purposes, I present this video.

it has some cursing , so I just put the link

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n-QeiM_CRw

Edited February 7, 2012 by scalenut

[scalenut]

it's not my video ,just posting a link,you can leave comments below it on youtube

Edited February 7, 2012 by scalenut

[DavidChampagne]

I collect my wife's empty water bottles, I prefer the smaller ones.

I let them air dry completely.

A day or two later, I peel off the labels, grab rubber or latex gloves, grab a bottle and my spray can.

I take this outside and just spray the paint into the clean dry water bottle. Really not that messy unless your hands shake, LOL.

Very easy to get it all in the bottle and not all over the outside.

I then keep an eye on the bottle and remove the lid every so often to let the gas out.

I hardly ever use anymore thinner.

Cheap and effective I think. Plus, you can see what color the left over paint is without having to mark it. It will keep for quite some time also.

I made the mistake of trying to spray directly into my airbrush cup...but only once.

Have not tried the straw ideas, looks good though.

I do wait until the paint has gassed out before using it with my airbrush.

For clean up, throw the gloves and empty paint can away.

[Galant409VR4]

So Im using my kids old baby bottles and I sprayed my krylon paint into it and it looks really thin..? will it get to the consistance of milk as it gasses out? First time doing this.