What I'm wondering is are there any enamels now that are as good as the old ones ?
I know Rust olem is different than it was back in the 70's although I can't get them to admit what they did to change it. Todays RustO drys faster to the point of making it hard to keep a wet edge if I'm brushing when its warm. Doing it in the sun is real hard. Plus its not as easy as it was to keep a can of paint. It thickens up and I've bought a few cans that were thick right off the shelf.
Old RustO used to separate leaving the oil on top,now it just drys over the top and left long enough will be a thick dry cover over the top of the paint.
A tidbit-- I questioned GM back in the 60's as to how the lacquer they used would end up with a shine. I could never figure out how they got the door jams shinny as I always had to buff a shine into lacquer.
They said they used a sightly different lacquer and sprayed it hot.
Dan

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