FWIW- Rustoleum spray paint

[PeteVS]

Yes, I know, I shouldn't be using it but... Anyway, they used to use the little red spray nozzles and when I was finished using a color, I'd turn the can upside down, hold the nozzle for a couple of seconds until paint stopped coming out. Then, I'd wipe off the face of the nozzle and put the can away for the next use. THEN, they started using the "fat" white nozzles. When I was finished with a color, I'd invert the can, hold the nozzle and the paint kept coming out as long as I held it!! I figured that they had found a way for a can to spray in any position. Turns out that I was only getting three, maybe four uses out of a can before it was hopelessly clogged. Rats! So, today, I disected a can. Turns out that what they did was put in a monstrous tube from the bottom of the can up to the nozzle. It probably holds enough paint for a half minute of more of spraying with the can upside down. I take that to be a clever marketing ploy to sell more paint. So, now, I'm looking for other brands that will be easier to keep the nozzle cleaned out.

[mountstimothy0]

Plus. With my experience those nozzles are notorious for clogging

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[Kube]

Originally Posted by mountstimothy0

Plus. With my experience those nozzles are notorious for clogging

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Ya know, thanks for posting this. I thought it was just me having trouble.

[Karl Wolf]

I've started using WD40 when done. Remove tip from can and spray WD40 through the tip.
Leave it that way... Got to remember to spray- clear- this out before painting next...

Karl

[PeteVS]

Originally Posted by Karl Wolf

I've started using WD40 when done. Remove tip from can and spray WD40 through the tip.
Leave it that way... Got to remember to spray- clear- this out before painting next...

Karl

Thanks for the tip! I'll have to try that next time I use a can.

[glennpm]

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I've had the same bad performance with the new white"fat" nozzles clogging up and wasting lots of paint that I can't get out of the can. Soaking in all kinds of solvents was fruitless. Might give the WD40 trick a try. I complained to Rustoleum last year to let them know and that I was seeking other products.

[Bob C]

Thanks for the info, I wondered why I couldn't get the paint to stop coming out when I turned the can upside down

Bob

[40cpe]

As far as I know all spray cans have the tube to the bottom. I haven't used the Rustoleum, but I put the nozzle in a cap of lacquer thinner for a few minutes and then blow through it with the blow gun on the air hose. Then it is clean and dry for the next time.

[4t8v8]

Same here. Found lacquer thinner works good. They need to look at Krylon's spray nozzles. Never have any trouble with them.

[willowbilly3]

Same experience here but I find it's more clogged paint in the tube itself than the nozzle. If you can find Martin Senior paint, it is far superior to Krylon or Rustoleum, the standard run stuff. It is high solids, has a very nice spray pattern and the nozzle is easy on the finger. NAPA used to sell it as their own label.
BTW, we used to cut every empty apart for the cool cobalt blue marble.

[STEVE O]

Thanks for the post. I never held it upside down long enough to clear it. I guess I will waste a lot of paint but its good to know I can aleast save what is left. Also I hated Krylon but in the last few years have improved their product. I had heard Rustoleum and Krylon had joined are were the same company?

[woodiewagon46]

Pete, I have the same issue withe Rust-0lium paint. It seems the only time I can use it is when the can is brand new, even when I hold the can upside down to clear the nozzle.

[TagMan]

I've been using Rustoleum spray cans for years and have always removed the nozzle after spraying, soaking it in thinner and blowing through it.

I also experienced the long amount of time to clear the nozzle with the can inverted and having the nozzle / line clog with the new nozzle. I found that if the temperature of the can is below 70°F, the nozzle will clog, so whether the ambient temperature is low or not, I now sit the can in a pan of hot water (the hottest faucet temp) for about 15-minutes before spraying, shake the can for at least a full minute and spray without clogging. I haven't experienced any clogging problems since I started that regimen.

-Bob

[GB SISSON]

I have at least 25 cans of rustoleum spray paint that are clogged. Some are nearly full. I have installed brand new tips on them and they are still clogged in the tube. Granted, some are ten years old. I really like their paint and continue to buy it and I'm really anxious to learn more tricks from others. Thanks for the tips so far and keep them coming. Why do I save the old ones? No idea. I guess I have lots of shelves...... Maybe I need to switch to the tips that come on brake parts cleaner. I can unload a 5 dollar can of that stuff in 30 seconds.....

[MGG]

Check your store's return policy. Several times when the Rustoleum can has clogged up on me I have returned the can to the store for a full refund. If we all could do this maybe they would get the message to go back to the old design.

[woodiewagon46]

Anybody know how to send this forum to Rust-Olium, they might get the hint.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Karl Wolf

I've started using WD40 when done. Remove tip from can and spray WD40 through the tip.
Leave it that way... Got to remember to spray- clear- this out before painting next...

Karl

Lordy, WD40 and any sort of paint in the same neighborhood is a disastrous formula for FISHEYES in the paint. I can't believe there's any guaranteed way to get rid of the gazillions of microscopic molecules of the silicon found in the WD40 that causes the fisheyes. WD40 sprayed across the street can blow into a shop and absolutely destroy a paint job........been there! DD

[alanwoodieman]

my local ACE hardware owner told me that their brand rust paint was made by flood (rustoleum) and I never have trouble with their spray cans

[russcc]

I had the same problem with plugged nozzles. Called Rustoleum customer service, they sent at least 50 nozzles for zip, set for life now. I just throw them away and use a new one.

[325w]

Krylon and rustolem are the same company. That's why krylon is not as good as it used to be. Try to find Seymour brand. It's like using the old krylon. Seymour makes different labels for other companies.