[TheForge] Spray paint

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Bruce,

I have seen people use full size paint shakers on spray can's.  If I had 
one I would have used it.

As a kid I also cut open cans to get the marbles, and was disappointing 
to find plastic balls instead.  So I didn't bother for a lot of years. 
About 5 years ago Pat McCarty told me that the Wal-Mart cans had nice 
marbles in them so I started to cut them open again.

If I spray until the can is completely empty the nozzle is pretty clean 
and I just store them dry in a little can (I think from mushrooms). Like 
I said before, since I built the shaker I have had very few clogs.

For many years I went through 3-5 cans/day. Now it's more like 2 
cans/week because the type of work I do has changed and I don't paint as 
much stuff. Now it's more hot oil, bee's wax, or linseed oil. I do have 
a couple hundred nozzles saved if I need them.

-- 
Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, MO


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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 15:27:34 -0400
From: "Bruce ."<freemab222 at gmail.com>
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA<theforge at mailman.qth.net>


I agree that incomplete shaking is probably responsible for many clogs, but
I've even had clogs after using my paint-can shaker.  (A spray paint can
can fit a standard 1-gal paint shaker, if a little padding is used.)

I, too, save the little buttons, but even when I store them in paint
thinner, they do not always soak clean.  That's why the Brakleen was such a
revelation.

When I was a kid, I tried cutting open spray cans for the "marble".  What I
found was a really low-class steel sphere, with one flat side.  Hardly
worth the trouble!

Bruce
NJ