Painted my car with rustoleum

Dumb question,,, has anyone found a way to keep Alkyd Enamel from drying out in the can once opened?? If I open a fresh Qt or gallon, it has started to dry out in a few weeks no matter how well I think I have the lid on.

Any ideas?? put the can in a big Zip lock baggy??

 

Try shooting some MIG gas in the can before slamming it shut. I've heard of this and it will cost 4' of MIG wire. Does it work? Let us know!

 

I've painted a lot of outside **** with Rustoleum and it always fades and turns to ****. I'll use car paint everytime I can.

 

I painted my OT Power Wagon with Rustolem Boat Paint, it’s new and UV protected . I added hardener and it looks good as it needs to . My Buddy’s heckle the hell out of me . My answer is if you want to paint my farm truck nicer , there it is and open your billfold or shut the hell up , next time you want an engine or trans moved , let me know if you care about scratchin up my rust oleum ?

 

I've painted parts of a black OT car with rustoleum with the new types spray can looks,ok at first then fades , so now I've ordered catalyzed clear coat from Amazon in a spray can 18 bucks supposedly that will make it look good. You hit the can with the heel of your hand drives the hardener vial into the paint, gotta use the whole can in a few,hours before it reacts.

 

I painted this pickup with Ace brand rustoleum used Napa Pih 50 hardener thinned with lacquer thinner
Had a great satin finish which is what I was after

 

I’ve painted several vehicles with Rustolium, it works fine. You can mix colors to tint it and add about 20% clearcoat it you want it shinier. I use generic enamel hardener and generic cheap clear, it seems almost impervious to any combination. When using the Rusty Metal primer, you must let it CURE before you start sanding. Maybe a month or so. Then topcoat it with whatever paint you happen to have at that time. Disagree with me if you like, but understand that absolutely no paint AT ANY PRICE will stand up to rust and poor prep conditions like this Rusty Metal product. (Especially if you treat the metal with any brand of phosphoric acid first).

 

Can somebody explain to me why you can't put non-Rustoleum paint over Rustoleum? I've seen this posted multiple times, several times in this thread alone. Is there something to this, or is it urban legend that just gets repeated a lot. Seems to me that if you're going to do a "real" paint job on any car, regardless of what paint is on it, you're going to at least sand down what's there and prime it and block sand it and seal it, before applying the color, right? Even if it is Rustoleum underneath, won't the primer and sealer prevent any negative reactions between the Rustoleum and whatever non-Rustoleum top coat? I'm not a painter, so this is a serious question, not trying to start a **** storm or just be contrarian.

 

Here’s another Ace brand “ Rustoleum” job
Custom mix satin finish using NAPA PIH 50 hardener and thinned with lacquer thinner
Came out great

 

it is all about catalyzed paint over the non catalyzed rustoleum

 

Thanks. I do think the issue has been greatly over exaggerated.

 

i painted white rustoleum primer on my car and then painted acrylic enamel white over it . no problem.
still shines after 20 years and has been always outside.

 

Can anyone tell me why when painting over spray can rustoleum primer with spray can rustoleum paint you sometimes get wrinkling almost like you just applied paint stripper?

 

I have had this happen a few times. I think it was because I didn't let the primer dry long enough.

 

I know this is a very old thread, but may I ask what colors you mixed to produce this color? And the same question for the blue one a couple above. I actually joined this site specifically to ask you this

 

The gunmetal gray coupe was Ace brand Rust Stop Satin black and Silver
Be careful with the silver as it’s really strong
The Blue 53 pickup was also Ace Rust stop
3 parts International Blue
1 part Silver
1/4 of a part Harbour Blue
And a dash of yellow to steer it away from purple
Both cars used PIH 50 hardener and Acme FT220 lacquer thinner
Used an old siphon gun
Painted them apart but the parts match pretty well
Metallic is always risky to paint apart
Hope this helps
Bruce

 

Back then you could buy a gallon of Rustoleum (and several store brands of paint as well) that could be custom mixed any color you wanted. Then Rustoleum had about 10 color mixes you could buy by spray can, quarts, or gallon, and there was a "custom light color" mix and a "custom dark color" mix and even a clear that you could buy in either a quart or gallon can.
The quarts or gallons could be brush applied, or thinned "up to 10%" with mineral spirits or other thinner. The mineral spirits took a long time to cure, a 2nd coat was at least 4 hours (8 hours was better) after the first, or the first coat could start to lift. They also had a can of paint hardener you could buy separately to add in as you thinned it to spray.
This truck was a custom mix of Rustoleum.
So was this 35 Dodge sedan.
My experience with the Rustoleum was that after 3 years (even with the hardener added) it would chip easily, after 4 years it would start to fade, but at $30-$40 for the paint supplies, it was a pretty good deal.
I hated doing body work, I knew how to do it, but i could only tolerate doing it for so long and I was done. The Rustoleum paint job worked well for me. When it needed repainting, I would do another round of body work before the new paint job was sprayed. The longer I kept the ride, the more times it got painted, the better it was. The 2nd round of Rustoleum paint on the 35 Dodge sedan was almost 5 years old in the picture, it was chipping and starting to fade. The 1st round of Rustoleum on the pickup was about 4 years old at the time of the picture, it was getting pretty rough. The truck actually replaced the 35 and had around 44,000 miles on that paint. The 35 had 2 paint jobs in its 77,000 miles.

I don't know if you can still get the Rustoleum with the custom mix option. i can also tell you the quality of the current Rustoleum is not nearly as good as it was when both of my vehicles were painted with it. The last vehicle I painted, in 2017, with Rustoleum started fading after only 2 years, but it was orange.