Hot Rods NAPA MetalPro paint

I just picked up quart of Napa's MetalPro paint for $5.00 intending to paint some machinery. The clerks didn't know what type of paint is. They sell a NAPA hardener/thinner/ cleaner that you must ONLY use! So I'm asking what type of paint is it and what type of hardener could I use notwithstanding eternal damnation. The clerk said he just brushed it onto some wood and didn't even know their hardener product number.

 

I did not watch this video, but maybe it will help

 

Saw that but no tech data. Thanks anyway...

 

Anybody else have something to say?

 

The advertised "NAPA Know How" must have went away with the sponsoring of Mikey's race car. The new guys at my local NAPA don't know much about any of their paint & body work supplies either.

With the "special" hardener, thinner, and cleaner, and can be sprayed directly on bare metal, I have to wonder if it is some form of an oil base paint, or a latex paint. Not many paints would suggest it can be applied directly to bare metal. Gene

 

They must have a SDS for it which will tell you what type of paint it is. A quick look online at NAPA Canada shows that their metal pro stuff is enamel.

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On the label is there anything regarding it's contents? I doubt that you'd have to use their thinner only. But if the price is decent then you should and wont have to worry about bad reactions. Either lacquer thinner or xylene thinner might work. But if you have the paint, you could stir it up well, put a dab of it on some scrap and let it dry and then take either thinner and wipe at it and see if one of them breaks it down. But again, their own thinner you wouldn't think would be more money than other thinners so it would make sense to keep it in the family.