Just Fooling Around
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Just Fooling Around
I wanted to try my $14.95 Harbor Freight HVLP gun out and all I had was some Rustoleum. I thinned it out with some mineral spirits and tried it out on my metal tool cabinet. I can't believe the results. Smooth a glass not counting for the scratches already on the cabinet.
Other than being slow drying and prone to dust for that reason, I can't see anything bad about it. Some claim it won't hold up but I painted some gas pipes with Rustoleum over 30 yrs. ago and they're still holding up fine except for being a little chalky looking, but that's no sin considering they were never polished and have been through years of snow, heat and rain.
I can't help but wonder what using some Valspar hardener (made for paint like Rustoleum) and thinning with naptha would do for faster drying time.
Other than being slow drying and prone to dust for that reason, I can't see anything bad about it. Some claim it won't hold up but I painted some gas pipes with Rustoleum over 30 yrs. ago and they're still holding up fine except for being a little chalky looking, but that's no sin considering they were never polished and have been through years of snow, heat and rain.
I can't help but wonder what using some Valspar hardener (made for paint like Rustoleum) and thinning with naptha would do for faster drying time.
