What's your fav rattle can paint and why?
It's lacquer, which is VERY forgiving of spray conditions, blends one coat to another, lays super flat, covers well, and dries quickly coat-to-coat with relatively no minimum or maximum recoat time. It's also easily repaired, if that becomes necessary. It also takes an enamel top coat or Max2K without bubbling or rashing or alligator skinning.So, all you Dupli-Color fans: what makes Dupli-Color so great? I have several car parts stores nearby, so availability shouldn't be a big issue...at least with respect to certain colors. But these cans of paint are expensive! What exactly am I getting for the extra money? I ask because I'm open to changing paints...
even like this?I'm biased, but Hedrix offers custom spray paint in any color in any finish. It's a high quality fast drying acrylic enamel. You can find it at myperfectcolor.com (a sponsor of trf). Huge range of metallic/pearlescent spray paint colors, too.
How well do Dupli-Coloar lacquers interact with other paints and primers, like Krylon or Rustoleum?It's lacquer, which is VERY forgiving of spray conditions, blends one coat to another, lays super flat, covers well, and dries quickly coat-to-coat with relatively no minimum or maximum recoat time. It's also easily repaired, if that becomes necessary. It also takes an enamel top coat or Max2K without bubbling or rashing or alligator skinning.
The down side to lacquers is that since the coats are thin, they show EVERY.LITTLE.THING. in surface prep, and it's soft. Unless you top coat it with a clear coat (enamel or 2K), it'll scratch easier than an enamel would.
If you're a spray gun or airbrush guy, managing lacquers is 100% easier than enamels.
How well do Dupli-Coloar lacquers interact with other paints and primers, like Krylon or Rustoleum?
It's common practice to recommend to NOT use lacquer over enamel, however it's been done successfully, usually after a long cure time for the enamels.How well do Dupli-Coloar lacquers interact with other paints and primers, like Krylon or Rustoleum?
Thanks for your input. I will consider Dupli-Color for my next can of spray paint. Need to see exactly what colors are available at my local auto parts store, though.It's common practice to recommend to NOT use lacquer over enamel, however it's been done successfully, usually after a long cure time for the enamels.
I've never met a primer that I couldn't spray lacquer over with no issues.
As with anything paint, test on a scrap piece that's prepped exactly the same as your project.
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