What's the Best Rattlecan Paint ?

I'm interested in your experiance with Rattle-Can paints. What sprays good, blends good, and will stand up to gas, oils, bugs, road-kill ....on chassis and suspension parts.

 

I don't think any of them will do what you want..It's just the nature if the beast...The stuff they put in cans is not catelized and has to be thin as piss in order to get it out of the nozzle

 

Glen are you going to rattle can that sucker.Gloss or flat? plasti kote ,dupi color or rustoleum .plasti kote has a sandable lacquer primer that blends nice.

 

Glenn,
If you're looking for glossy black, Russell and VHT make a Chassis and Rollbar spraycan epoxy that I've had good luck with.
Larry T

 

Wal-mart 97 cents a can

 

Zero Rust has held up pretty good for me on chassis and suspension parts.
Satin black color

 

Glenn, you can have a good paint store mix up a better quality paint and put it in a rattle can for you. I had H-O parts store do that for me 10 years ago so we could spray a firewall, I was working in a shop with no compressor, long story. But, like Roadrat pointed out, it can't be catalyzed, so it's still not the best option. (but that firewall did hold up real well) I just ran out to the shop to look, I still have that old rattle can, the label says 'Duplicolor custom mix' 99a pitch black.

Gary

 

Momma says rattle can is the devil himself.

 

john deer..

 

Rustoleum Satin.....best stuff ever.

 

I don't know about Florida, but here in L.A., they can't do that anymore. Thank you CARB.

 

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for a spraybomb cant be beat,,spilled some gas on my bike today,no problem.

 

I don't like the cheap cans with the water thin paint, that's why I like Rustoleum. It will cover with one coat. Good stuff, especially their primers. Also, the paint shop here will put any color automotive paint in a spray can for you, with catalyst. There is a time limit on using it and the cost is something like $15 per can.

 

Another vote for Rustoleum satin black.

 

Having painted many a part and cars.I no for a fact that you cant beat Wal Mart.Allways cheap and theres a store everywhere to do a quick touch up.I like the semi gloss paints best.But you gold chainers need a little more flash so go for the gloss.

 

KRYLON semi-flat black is the shit. No runs, no drips, no errors. It covers good, drys FAST, and has a good "look"

 

Rustoleum makes a very good primer.

Called Industrial Enamel Primer.
(Used to be called Hardhat Primer.)

I've used it in red oxide and it's pretty tough stuff compared to Krylon's red oxide primer which is probably lacquer.
Since the Rustoleum is enamel it may be waterproof.

Sprays on very nice and is not overly thin like some of the Wally World bargain bombs.

I'm fairly sure the Rustoleum primer comes in black as well.

Available at Home Despair and like places.

 

I have to go with Rustoleum auto primer as well. I've done several projects over the years (not just cars) and have found the Rusto to be the best overall. I've tried the ones sold at AutoZone and Carquest (Duplicolor and I forget the other one) and had to throw away one out of every two or three cans. They have a big problem with there "button".

 

I also have used Rustoleum primer. Just used some last week and I like it. I bought a quart of their primer and thinned it slightly for spray. Flowed out well. It went a lot further than the rattlecan version. which is also very good.

 

If Rustoluem was the only available rattle can paint, I'd never do rattle cans, Everytime I've tried it,it bubbles, doesn't cover well and seems to be incompatible with virtually every other paint. I have had to completely strip and refinish several prjects after trying Rustoleum once again-sort of like Charlie Brown and the football, I never seem to learn. I've had good experiences with John Deere Blitz Black. Nice color and good quality. But it's expensive for a can of paint. Right now, for the money,Krylon is the goods. Covers well, reasonable price, available at Walmart, recoating isn't fixed by specific times, dries fast and their "Semi-flat black" is awseome.

 

As you can tell by my handle I have painted my last 4 deuce drivers (2 chopped 2 drs & 2 chopped PUs) with Krylon semi flat black. I have to travel 2 miles of gravel to get to pavement so high dollar paint jobs don't cut it. The Krylon has held up well, and when it gets a little tough looking I just give it another squirt. Also had no trouble selling them when it was their time to go.

 

I was told the Orlac was a "high solids" spray paint--meaning it was less thinned and covered better--but had to be "pampered"---heat can, shake lots,etc. I bought a case and did my roadster---i preped it really good and looks great

 

I like the John Deere Blitz Black for a satin black. Very durable and it comes in spray can, qts. or gallons.

 

Krylon and VHT.

 

I painted some spots on and the air cleaner on my '60 Pontiac with Testors model enamel about 1996. I looked under the hood the other day (with dead cars I like to turn the motor by hand every so often to keep it from setting up) and it's just now starting to rust in little spots. I think I did it over grey primer over the original paint.

My Suburban has about three different brands, including dupli-color touchup paints I got cheap at a show, most done over primer. After two winters every spot I touched up has rust dots poking through. But thats with two winters of road salt and I never wash it.

 

I like VHT-cans.
No primer, just sand a little, degrease and away you 'spray'... sometimes... :/
What I do hate about those VHT-cans is that they become clogged inside when they sit for awhile, so nothing comes out or just some splotches of paint and then nothing anymore.... grrr...
Of course you also don't know how long a can has been sitting on the shelf in the store before you get one.

 

Krylon 1613 Semi-Flat Black. This stuff has multiple uses...

A buddy of mine used to use this stuff to turn white-letter BF Goodrich radial TA's into blackwalls...here's the trick...

He never liked the white letters, but never liked to turn the tire inside out either (all of those stupid numbers...yeah, he was a little obsessive) Paint the outside of the tire with Krylon 1613 right over the white letters. Let it dry up, and then put some Westley's Bleche white in a spray bottle, dilute it a little with water, spray over the tire with it, wipe it down, and Voila! Blackwall tires! I've used Krylon 1613 to color dye white leather black too...worked great...

 

POR 15 oh wait its not in a can.

 

I vote for whatever's cheapest, usually around a buck. Clearance stuff is always good. Weird colors, but oh well. Go into WalMart or Homedepot or whatever and buy all they have of the color you want. It chips off in a stiff breeze, but you'll have extra cans on hand to fix it whenever you feel like it. I've poured a good deal of gasoline on some $.99 flat black and not seen any bad effect. Sort of glosses it up a bit.

Otherwise, I'd recommend covering as much of your paint job in 1-Shot as possible. It's protective and decorative.

 

I think Rustoleum's Satin Tectured black is great.