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Night0wl
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Posted: 04 Apr. 2011 at 11:34pm |
I have always been a dedicated Rustoleum buyer. I don't know why, perhaps because that is what Lowe's sells and I prefer Lowe's. Anyway, I was at the fastener store the other day and I was buying some lock washers. I realized I forgot my cash and I didn't want to make the guy eat the credit charge for me on an .80 cent purchase, so I grabbed a can of Krylon Industrial red primer and a can of semi gloss black in the same "idustrial" can. $4.49 a can by the way.
I did some painting with it today and I must say it does very well and perhaps better then my trusted Rustoleum does. For one the primer dries in 15 seconds or so it seemed. The semil went on smoothly and dried rather quickly as well. But all in all the Krylon seemed to cure faster then the Rustoleum. I have had several Rustoleum painted parts that I have dropped on accident a few days later and the paint was still soft enough to push or smudge and of course I have to redo it over again. I tested the Krylon in the same manner after only an hour or so of drying and it was fully cured and did not smudge or push like the Rustoleum did.
The Rustoleum now has a supper spray tip that applies the paint very fast and to much in some cases if you are not careful. I do like the Krylon tip that allows for verticle or horizontal spray patterns by flipping the tip.
Just thought I would share my recent test. What are the preferences out there Rustoleum vs Krylon???
I am speeking of spray rattle cans of course. I do use the Rustoleum in my gun and have not tried Krylon in that way just yet.
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Night0wl
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woody
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I have noticed the same thing myself .The rustoleum rusty metal primer needs cure much longer.
I think there is more paint than thinner in the rustoleum.Krylon goes on nice and dries fast, but I think rustoleum has abetter base coat.I'll stick with rusto.
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ovrlnd
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I have noticed the same. I make sure to let the rustoleum sit and cure for a few days and it's good to go with nice durability.
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garage gnome
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I prefer Krylon.
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Nate
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Bob3b
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I actually use duplicolor engine paint. Looks like powder coat when dry.
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Haines Garage
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I have been a painting contractor for 20 years. The longer a paint or primer takes to "cure" the harder the finish is... At least thats what the Old School Guys tell me, and I believe them!! |
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munkjeep
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Joe Friday
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The rustoleum red primer contains fish oil makes it dry slower, and is why it stinks if you bake it in the oven to accelerate drying. Look at the % of iron oxide if you want to evaluate rust preventative features. Yes, the more solvent, and the slower it evaporates, the longer it takes to dry.
The Krylon ruddy brown does dry faster, seems to have less rust preventive properties than the rustoleum primer.
I sometimes use Rustoleum Primer and Krylon top coat.
The duplicolor is GREAT for underhood areas. I recently painted an entire CJ3A with spray can.
Within 2 months the bright yellow turned WHITE.
I prefer a self etching Zinc Chromate primer though.
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p3ferris
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I found out that one does not mix the two caused bubbles because one dries slow and the other is fast. If the slow one is on the bottom you get the pealing. If the fast one is on the bottom less chance of that because it dried.
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fritz
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I believe krylon and duplicolor are from the same company. I paint everything that neds black Duplicolor semi gloss engine enamel.
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smfulle
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I remember Johnny Bench used to do a TV comercial for Krylon rattle can paint. He would spray something, then rub it with a new baseball to show how fast the stuff would dry. No paint on the baseball, of course.
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uncle steve
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May I say Eastwood.....
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Uncle Steve, and I hate it when people say " boy are you lucky " WHEN in fact..The harder you work, the luckier you are
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Night0wl
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I don't have an Eastwood down the street like I do Lowes or other stores. I have ordered and used Eastwood paints and will use them again. But at $13 a can before shipping, it may not be worth spending that on certain parts. I will probably stick with Rustoleum but I was just amazed at how fast that Krylon dried. My first time using it by the way. I don't know if there is a difference in the fact that I am bought Krylon "Industrial" vs the standard product. |
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Night0wl
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uncle steve
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My Eastwood comment was meant in jest.. $$$$ Great paint, but as you say not for just any old parts..
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Uncle Steve, and I hate it when people say " boy are you lucky " WHEN in fact..The harder you work, the luckier you are
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mikec4193
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I gotta add my 2 cents here. I have 2 racecars and 1960 Willys pickup truck, I guess I am cheap but I thin rustoleum with regular paint thinner (Home Depot), put it into a spray gun and go. Actually the Willys truck I paint with a brush and a spray can. The ole girl is 51 years old...she looks great from 20 feet away. This way I wont cry when she gets scratched. I dont use the truck for anything so I guess as long as there is paint on it it wont rust right??? |
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Joe Friday
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You are ABSOLUTELY correct.
If you use a slow drying primer and a fast drying top coat you will have blisters.
I thought about mentioning that the Rustoleum was likely an old fashioned acrylic enamel, and some of the Krylon is a laquer.
You definitely want to do a small scale test before mixing brands and types.
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Haines Garage
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What do you like for off the shelf rattle can engine primer and paint??????
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HowardScott66
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Both of them are not worth buying. And it is not because of the paint. It is simply because the nozzle design in both brands can easily clog up. I wasted over 100$ worth of spray paint cans that were almost full or over three quarters full of paint. I have decided to use an off brand called COLOR PLACE because they still use the old and more RELIABLE spray nozzle design. More importantly they know as well as other off brands that trying to recreate the nozzle for a better spray pattern is ludicrous. SPRAY TECHNIQUE 101 works better and will always be better. So if you really want a good spray paint results find and define off brands that still use the only real nozzle design that works every time all of the time old spray nozzle design.
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