Faulty Spray cans increasing ?

[ultrarunner]

In the 70's I was heavily into restoring cars and just the other day needed gloss black enamel and grabbed one of the cans... gave it a good shake and sprayed beautiful... The brand Sprayant which I have not seen in decades.

 

[jaxs]

Apparently these efforts have been very successful in saving the planet because now we no longer hear about the disappearing ozone layer every evening on the news.

Evening news usually spend's intire hour bashing rogue lawbreakers that once up on a time went out to spray paint big ol Ts (for taggers) so no time left for talking bout ozone and such.

 

[WranglerX]

One thing I have learned is some paint cans are same "button" as my cheap carb cleaner spray cans, simply transfer "paint" button to carb cleaner can and spritz the button to clean button, doing this just after finishing painting cleans nozzle well... Be aware not all buttons interchange though....

And I always save "cleaned" nozzles off empty cans for future needs..

 

[BravoXray]

In the 70's I was heavily into restoring cars and just the other day needed gloss black enamel and grabbed one of the cans... gave it a good shake and sprayed beautiful... The brand Sprayant which I have not seen in decades.

I have some cans of spray paint from the early '80s that still work fine.

I recently had a can of Rustoleum that worked for about 30 seconds before it clogged up.
Took it back to Lowe's for a refund.

 

[bcp]

95+% of my spray can problems are NOT lack of pressure or clogged nozzle. It is internal clogs. Yes, I warm it and shake it a lot. The newer style Rustoleum is the worst.

Bruce

 

[ultrarunner]

What about Krylon?

 

[jaxs]

i can think of one upside to modern spray paint compared to past versions. How many of you remember kids "huffing"? That recreation could mess up brains bad as crack does.

 

[Fielding]

Yes the new cans suck,

I have switched to airless sprayer for most paint purposes. Paints now are mostly waterbase so cleanup is easy.
Also at the price of cans it just makes sense.

 

[LyHale]

Not unlike the premium Duracell batteries that leak right in the package.

You mean like these? They all came out of my own devices. By the way, Kirkland batteries are almost as bad, in my experience.

 

[mahovy]

But the landfills a

Manufacturers have had to switch to non-fluorinated propellants for everything from spray paint and degreasers to even Albuterol inhalers for asthma sufferers. My wife has used these inhalers most of her life and for the last dozen years or so she has had to rinse the dispensers in hot water after just a few uses to unclog them.

Apparently these efforts have been very successful in saving the planet because now we no longer hear about the disappearing ozone layer every evening on the news.

re full of unused chemicals and paint on the half empty cans.