Rustoleum Paint in Rattle Cans

[Ritothebull]

Lowes is getting more like a dollar store with all the cheap imported stuff they're selling these days.
A few weeks ago I bought a galvanized pipe fitting there that cost me three times what it should have and it had India stamped on one side and Mexico on the other.

 

[jaxs]

I keep a few of each on hand but bought a cheap HVLP about 10 years ago so using very little rattle can since.

 

[TractorNH]

Anyone else run into problems with rustoleum rattle cans? Seems like about 25% of the cans I buy don't spray or they stop spraying well before the can is empty. Not even a hiss out of the nozzle, just nothing when I press the spray button.

 

[jaxs]

Anyone else run into problems with rustoleum rattle cans? Seems like about 25% of the cans I buy don't spray or they stop spraying well before the can is empty. Not even a hiss out of the nozzle, just nothing when I press the spray button.

I have a problem with all kinds of spray cans (WD40,carb cleaner,PB Blaster) running out of propellant before can is empty.

 

[oldballs]

There is better profit in selling short filled rattle cans. Does anyone ever try to return one? Probably not.

 

[Ritothebull]

Anyone else run into problems with rustoleum The rattle cans? Seems like about 25% of the cans I buy don't spray or they stop spraying well before the can is empty. Not even a hiss out of the nozzle, just nothing when I press the spray button.

I've been having trouble with some cans clogging and it's not the spray nozzle it's the new style of valve their using, some have clogged the first time I used them. With the old style I had some cans for years and they still worked but now I just try to use them up asap.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Lowes is getting more like a dollar store with all the cheap imported stuff they're selling these days.
A few weeks ago I bought a galvanized pipe fitting there that cost me three times what it should have and it had India stamped on one side and Mexico on the other.

India on one end, Mexico on the other...how long was the pipe!

 

[Ritothebull]

India on one end, Mexico on the other...how long was the pipe!

It was a 12'' nipple, the cashier noticed it when she was looking for the barcode.

 

[eddie48]

Anyone else run into problems with rustoleum rattle cans? Seems like about 25% of the cans I buy don't spray or they stop spraying well before the can is empty. Not even a hiss out of the nozzle, just nothing when I press the spray button.

Try storing the spray nozzles in a (sealed) container of acetone. That seems to keep the paint in the spray nozzle from drying and causing what you have.

 

[bcp]

When one of my new Rustoleum cans quits spraying, I can put on a new nozzle from another can, and it still won't spray. All my clogs have been internal.

Bruce