[ARC5] Wrinkle Paint Report

[Jim Hill]

Hi Wayne and the group:
Good info.  I'll make a copy of this thread to put in my Wrinkle Paint folder.

Don't know if it applies to wrinkle paints, but I always preheat my 
spray cans before using.  I put some hot water in a container, take 
it outside, and put the spray paint can in the water.   I wait a 
while and check the temperature.   If it feels warm to the  touch 
(not really hot), I remove the can, and wearing work gloves and 
holding it so the seam is away from me,  I turn it over, and shake 
until the rattle is heard. Often, the paint near the center of the 
can is still cool, so I heat the can again, take it out, and shake it 
a 2nd time.

The gloves are for protection, just in case,  not to hold a can too 
hot to touch.  If the can is really hot, I let it cool until it is 
just nice and warm.   If I'm spraying a large surface and the can 
gets cool, I stop and heat it again.  I have never had a can explode 
other than the time I put one in our kitchen stove oven (low heat for 
just a few minutes and forgot about it - about a 4 hour cleaning job 
afterwards) and the nozzle never clogs up while I'm spraying.  I have 
had some luck cleaning nozzles using a steel wire on a wire brush.

Like Robert Nickels, I save spray paint heads.  It's surprising how 
many varieties are available and you need a good selection.

Jim

At 03:56 PM 2/18/2012, Robert  Eleazer wrote:
>Just thought I would give y'all a report on my continuing efforts to 
>paint a BC-348.
>
>I finally have acceptable results, after stripping the new paint 
>from the front panel twice and having to replace the plastic filler 
>I had put in to cover the holes - it did not react well to the paint stripper.
>
>I gave up on the "VHT High Temperature Wrinkle Plus" paint.  It 
>would not wrinkle reliably.  I used Plastikote Wrinkle paint, did as 
>suggested in the instructions, applied 3 coats 10 minutes apart, and 
>hurried the drying process along with a hair dryer.  It worked quite 
>well, smooth, even, and not so thick it covers over the lettering.
>
>To summarize:
>
>1.  Krylon Wrinkle Paint: Not too bad in final result but the spray 
>nozzle leaked a lot, a whole lot. May have been a product age problem.
>2.  VHT High Temperature Wrinkle Plus Paint: Unacceptable.  It might 
>work in very heavy coatings where embossing and lettering need not 
>be a concern.
>3.  Plastikote Wrinkle Paint:  Works good, especially if you use a 
>hair dryer to speed drying.
>
>Good Luck if you try to use any of this stuff - you'll need it!
>
>Wayne
>WB5WSV
>
>
>
>
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