Spray Paints

[Clay]

I work outside on the porch and almost all of my spray paints get clogged, is there anyway to prevent this? Should i store them inside because it gets so cold here, and i also have House of Kolor paint that i had in california since that is all that Wal-Mart sold there, but i cant use it here because of the humidity, could i be able to use it if i rigged up something like tha guy did with the plastic tote?

Thanks in advance for your help, Clay

[stanleymsn]

here is something i do alot is put the can in hot tap water for about 10min, and then shake it and spray, the hot water thins it and it mixes very well when it's warm try it and let me know how it worked

[Brendan]

After you spray, turn your can upsidedown and give it a quick spray to clear the nozzle. If the nozzles are still clogged, soak them in lacquer and use a small needle to clean out the hole. I live in Oregon and we get cold and very warm weather with a lot of humidity. The easiest way is that if you're using spray cans, warm them up in warm water. Shake the cans for several minutes and then warm them up again. Then you should be able to spray. Also keep the plastic or whatever you're spraying in a warm place too. And then after you're done spraying, put it in a warm place to let it cure. By putting the paint in warm water you increase the air pressure in the can which helps atomize the paint finer when you spray. This is what works for me whenever I spray with cans.

[Clay]

here is something i do alot is put the can in hot tap water for about 10min, and then shake it and spray, the hot water thins it and it mixes very well when it's warm try it and let me know how it worked

I will try that next time i go out there to work on them, and i will let you know

After you spray, turn your can upsidedown and give it a quick spray to clear the nozzle. If the nozzles are still clogged, soak them in lacquer and use a small needle to clean out the hole. I live in Oregon and we get cold and very warm weather with a lot of humidity. The easiest way is that if you're using spray cans, warm them up in warm water. Shake the cans for several minutes and then warm them up again. Then you should be able to spray. Also keep the plastic or whatever you're spraying in a warm place too. And then after you're done spraying, put it in a warm place to let it cure. By putting the paint in warm water you increase the air pressure in the can which helps atomize the paint finer when you spray. This is what works for me whenever I spray with cans.

I do turn them upside down but it sounds like i do need to use hot water,

Thanks for all your help

[stanleymsn]

Well keep painting and keep modeling strong and if you can pass it on!!

[Raul_Perez]

I work outside on the porch and almost all of my spray paints get clogged, is there anyway to prevent this? Should i store them inside because it gets so cold here, and i also have House of Kolor paint that i had in california since that is all that Wal-Mart sold there, but i cant use it here because of the humidity, could i be able to use it if i rigged up something like tha guy did with the plastic tote?

Thanks in advance for your help, Clay

Clay,

Where are you that the humidy is too high to use HOK paint?

[Clay]

Clay,

Where are you that the humidy is too high to use HOK paint?

South Carolina, it works fine but when the paint dries, its foggy. I'm thinking that if I cover it right after i paint it that won't happen, but I dont know.

[jbwelda]

you might try using tamiya paints or the new testors lacquers. they dry fast and the nozzles are great, spray very little paint compared to what i remember of model master enamels (dont know about the HOK, never used it). the nozzles in MM paints (pre-lacquer anyway) were pretty crappy and seemed to clog easily even if you did clear them by turning upside down and shooting some paint through them. i could usually only get 1 or if lucky 2 coats out of them before the nozzle started spitting paint. and they dump out way too much paint, the tamiya ones are almost like airbrush in terms of how much paint comes out, much more controllable than the MMs

but the warm water thing really helps a lot. so does getting a food dehydrator and using it to dry your paint. that should take care of your fogging problem and it will make your paint dry real quick, ready to polish.