rustoleum gloss black spray cans

[flatford39]

Just wet sand with 600 grit and then when the run is gone, wet sant with 2000 grit and then take rubbing compound to it and buff it out
John

This is exactly how I do it. you do not need to repaint as long as you don't burn through it with the buffer.


You can make what you have work without repainting.

 

[flatford39]

I don't think it was mentioned in any of the above posts but the temperature of the can and temp of where you are painting has a lot to do with how the paint flows and atomizes.

Temperature and humidity control are essential when you paint. Make sure your environment and the paint are at room temperature. 72 degrees with about 30 to 40% rh is ideal.

 

[Purdy Swoft]

Buy a harbor freight spray gun for $9.95,a quart of rustoleum,and I think acetone is the thinner they reccomend,try it on scrap metal until you get the right mixture and it should come out glossy

I agree that will work. Rustoleum that I've bought in quart cans at Walmart recommends thinning 5% with acetone This is actually for brush application. A 5% reduction would be way too thick for spray application. A 5% reduction of acetone would evaporate out of brush applied rustoleum without having a dulling effect. For spray application you would probably a two to one reduction, that would be two parts paint to one part thinner. Acetone and lacquer thinner are similiar. Either acetone or lacquer would work as a reducer-thinner , at a two to one mix for spraying , It would dry pretty quick and have a good shine but would dull fairly quick. For best results for spray application I would use enamel reducer at a two to one mix and add a universal hardener . This would dry quicker and give a harder more durable finish. For an even more durable harder finish a urethane activator and urethane grade thinner can be used. I have added one quart of Kirker ultra-glourethane activator to three quarts of Rustoleum paint . I used UA-1600M fot temperatures of 75 to 85 degrees or UA-S for temperatures above 85 degrees As said above I used this activator at one quart activator to three quarts of paint or a 3 to 1 ratio. Some reducer will be needed and I used Kirker urethane grade reducer and it comes in three grades depending on the temperature that it will be sprayed I just reduced-thinned the mix untill it sprayed smooth with out orange peel. Thinning can vary as sometimes rustolejm seems thicker and needs more thinner. I am a professional painter and I called this a wildcat low cost single stage urethane. Kirker and Rustoleum are low cost products but higher priced enamels and urethane activator and thinners can be used. I learned about this sort of thing when I worked at an independent body shop in the late seventies. People would come in and want an imron job for a little more than what an enamel job would cost. The shop oner had found that if you used Dupont imron activator with Dupont dulux enamel that it would look pretty much like Imron at a fraction of the cost. We could do Lower cost paint jobs with the Imron look . Here is a picture of a 1930 model A pickup that I built out of parts and p[ainted with Rustoleum and Kirker activator and reducer.