Re: [Chrysler300] Eastwood paint for my 300

["Roger Schaaf" <obiwan10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lacquer thinner will work for lacquer but not for all aerosol paints such as 
poly urethanes or enamels.

Roger Schaaf
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Vaughan" <Pacesetter300@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cotejohnr@xxxxxxx>; <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Eastwood paint for my 300


> All well and good, but we are talking about brand new cans that have never 
> been opened. Once a can sprays, it should be OK unless you clog it. You 
> always should turn it upside down and spray for a few seconds to clear it 
> out. Even if you don't, a dip in lacquer thinner should clear the nozzle 
> opening.  The lesson is IF you're going to buy spray cans from Eastwood, 
> don't buy anything you're not going to use right away.   At $10 and up a 
> can, it's unconscionable not to stand behind unused cans, even if a year 
> old.
>
> Russ Vaughan
>
> BTW: I bet THEY don't store them sideways! :-)
>
>
>
> cotejohnr@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Perhaps if Eastwood does have a high solids content the solids settle
> out and plug up the works.  I read somewhere that all spray cans should
> be stored on their side to increase shelf life.  I , and I'll bet all
> of us,  don't follow this storage method.  When I have a problem , I
> throw the spray nozzle into lacquer thinner ( I save all the tops so I
> can just pick another one out of the lacquer) and plug it in, turn
> upside down and hope it sprays again. Sometimes works just fine and
> sometimes it doesn't but I rarely end up throwing away cans that are
> still half full.
> John Cote
> CT.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Spiers <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:29:57 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Eastwood paint for my 300
>
>
> I"ve purchased some various paints from Eastwood and have had the same
> storage
> results.  Not to defend them in any way, but I recall that the couple
> types of
> paint from them seem to have fairly high solids content - would this
> tend to
> cause the failures we've seen?  I've had them clog, and others, the
> propellant
> gave out before the paint did.
>
> I also have spray cans of brand X that are a dozen years old or that I
> still use
> for touch-up & small projects, just not any Eastwood cans.
>
> John Spiers
>
> News4ge@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 8/17/2005 12:48:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jpmiklas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I had a similar problem with Eastwood. New cans of spray paint would
> fizzle
> and quit. I took them to Carlisle to exchange them and they said "tough
> luck"! I know a lot of folks have had good luck with Eastwood and I
> don't
> want to start a dialog!!!!! I had the most problem with their "Detail
> Gray".
> Their advice to me was to buy only what i needed and not to
> "overstock"! -
>
> Jeff Miklas
> Not to start a dialog, but this sounds like a pretty weak excuse.  I've
> got
> several cans of all brands and kinds of paint that I bought 25 years
> ago, and I
> still use them for touchup, wheel wells, etc.
>
> George Clineman
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