Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear Gloss: I Don't Hear a Ball

[brockrwood]

OK, this may be the dumbest question ever, but...

Does every can of spray paint come with a ball inside? I have been shaking a 13 year old can of Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear Gloss (number 1301), for three minutes now and I still don't hear a ball rattling around inside the can.

 

[neil_w]

No ball ==> no spray

Maybe it hardened up in there, or maybe you need to do something more violent to dislodge the ball and get it going.

I'd be very skeptical of this can.

 

[BABAR]

Try it on a piece of scrap

 

[Back_at_it]

Some don't have a ball in them. This is true for Duplicolor clears. I still wouldn't use a 13 yr old can of paint.

 

[Kelly]

The ball is there to mix the solid components of the paint with the liquid. Colored (or white) paints have solids (pigments), flat/matte/semigloss/whatever paints have solids (flattening agents), but clear GLOSS coatings generally do NOT have solids, and thus do not need balls. Krylon doesn't put one in here, and the instructions don't say anything about it. No need to worry about lack of a ball for this. A 13-year old can might be sketchy for other reasons, though!