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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 603 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 603 | I bought some rattle cans of white epoxy appliance paint, to use on small parts, ect. Is this stuff supposed to be better than regular rattle can paint?
I do know you need to cover everything in sight, including yourself. The overspray in the air is like glue. It even is attracted to the hair on your arms.
Also any car windshields within hearing distance. Had to scrub the old work car glass with lacquer thinner.
Is this really good stuff? It cost less than any other spray paint.
57 GMC LCF 370 55 John Deere 40-W 59 John Deere 430-W 2000 GMC 4x4 56 John Deere 420-W Pix on Photobucket | | | | | Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 | Rattle can paint = rattle can paint to a lot of folks on this forum. It's one of those no-no's like using an other-than-GM made part somewhere. I could change my stovebolt name to RattleCanTheTruck, mainly because I like rattle can paint better than I like rust.
The basic function of automobile paint is to protect the surface, so the stuff you bought will do that if you get the metal good & clean prior to painting it.
I used some "appliance epoxy" (which was actually just an enamel) to touch up a bumper two years ago, just because I had some. It did not dry to the hardness I expected (because stove & fridge paint is tough), but the paint was still on there in July when I bead blasted it off. And it was still a very glossy white. It blasted off in the exact width of the spray nozzle (not it big flakes, so it seemed to have 'stuck' on the metal pretty good). Several spots where I dropped wrenches on the bumper had started little rust rings, so I wouldn't put it on moving metal on metal contact parts.
Wait until the air clears (the forecasted rain passes through) & the humidity drops- I seem to remember it stayed sticky for a long time like it didn't want to dry. That could be just because it looked wet for a long time...
Brad
Wrench Fetcher, PhD | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 603 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 603 | Yeah, it does stay sticky for a long time. Just thought it may be real durable.
I don't use rattle cans for anything but small jobs, like the mirror braces, lug nuts, ect.. I use an HVLP gun and synthetic enamel with a hardener added, on the John Deeres.
I used Acrylic Enamel with a hardener on the body of the 57 GMC.
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