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09-12-2020, 11:37 AM | #1 |
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Rust Oleum spray cans
Am I the only guy that has issues with Rust Oleum spray can nozzles clogging?
It seems since they changed the nozzle design a few years ago, I throw more cans away than I am able to utilize.
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09-12-2020, 11:42 AM | #2 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
If you are buying them at Home Depot, you should be. Just take the half used can back to HD return desk and they will give you a new can. Done it a coupla times with no problem. Don't forget to clear the nozzle after each use. That will help but not resolve the problem.
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09-12-2020, 11:48 AM | #3 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
I have the same issue. Not sure if its the little tube coming out of the can or the tip. I've had some that I've never used, only a month or 2 old and nothing comes out even after trying different tips. The tip pops or shoots off after depressing it but nothing comes out. I don't get it, as I can shoot compressed air thru the tip but no paint....
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09-12-2020, 11:56 AM | #4 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
As you can see you are not alone. I suspect that at least half of every can is never used. What a waste.
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09-12-2020, 12:00 PM | #5 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
I tossed 2 out last week after trying for a hour to get them to work. They were sitting on the shelf for a year and I decided to get them cleared or toss them.
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09-12-2020, 12:04 PM | #6 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
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09-12-2020, 01:45 PM | #8 |
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Couldn't say, this is what they look like
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09-12-2020, 12:15 PM | #9 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
funny you should comment, just threw away four rust-o-leum cans. I have started using the red primer from my local true value hardware, it is their brand never have had a failure and it is rustoleum in a different can
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09-12-2020, 12:29 PM | #10 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
Ever since I started storing all my spray cans on their sides, I no longer have any problems. I also buy the Walmart carb cleaner and use the tube sprayer to flush through the paint nozzel before I put the can away. I also use the cleaner on my spray guns.
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09-12-2020, 12:54 PM | #11 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
I have found that they need to be shaken a LONG time, with theory being they have sat for a long time on a store shelf and all the pigment settles to the bottom, just like in a gallon can of paint. I have a vibratory parts polisher with a bowl and when I'm going to use a can of spray paint I shake it in that for several minutes, the longer the better. Since I started doing that I've had few problems with clogging. Just yesterday I used up several partial cans on the interior of a '67 Mustang body--it's a coat of many colors but it will all be covered and I just wanted a coat of paint on the steel--and none of the old cans plugged up. Just for insurance I keep several nozzles sitting in a closed container submerged in lacquer thinner.
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10-27-2020, 08:17 PM | #12 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
I have several spray cans of Rustoleum that I've had for more than two years. About 9 months ago, I turned the cans upside down and every month after that, I would alternate turning them right side up and back upside down. I shake them well when I'm ready to use them and haven't lost any more cans of usable paint.
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09-12-2020, 01:12 PM | #13 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
One time I called them. Nothing happened. I lose a lot of paint
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09-12-2020, 01:17 PM | #14 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
Yeah, have had bad luck with this brand since they changed the nozzle design. Can never get more than half a can sprayed before they plug up...
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09-12-2020, 01:18 PM | #15 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
Just went through this a couple of months ago. I contacted RO customer service and they sent me a dozen new nozzles for free. They also included a set of instructions that the nozzles should be stored in solvent after use. They recommended several types and I'm using acetone. I have not even had to use one of the new nozzles because because the nozzles stored in solvent work like new every time.
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10-10-2020, 10:15 PM | #16 |
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
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09-12-2020, 02:04 PM | #17 |
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One word: Krylon
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Re: Rust Oleum spray cans
setting the can in the sun for half an hour before use helps and clean nozzle with lacquer thinner.
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