Problem with Rustoleum paint ?

[crerus75]

Once I use a nozzle, I pull it off the can and keep it in a jar of acetone. That way I never have a nozzle (including the new Rustoleum ones) with dried paint in it. Pull it out of the jar, blow it out with a shot of compressed air, and paint.

 

[MRGCAV]

These new female nozzles are junk. There was nothing wrong with Male nozzles and I have yet to find an answer as to why they switched genders. The old male nozzles rarely clogged up. My guess is a change in the formulation of the paint required new nozzels and that clogged cans mean selling more paint.
So now I have to invert the can after every use and blow out the tube. This sometimes causes me to not have enough pressure to empty the can. Plus I have to remove the nozzle and soak then in Lacquer Thinner. I waste 15% of the paint just to keep a can working.
So I bought three airbrushes, a small compressor with an air storage tank. The airbrush sprays way better than any rattle can. I can do fine detail or up to a 6" wide area in one coat.
I hate painting and a Airbrush needs a dedicated work area / Spray booth. Plus its a lot of cleaning until you get a system down. But the results are worth it.

 

[Copymutt]

Just bought a gallon of Rust-oleum Massey Ferguson high gloss grey. Intend to paint the plow truck. For my sake I’m hoping the problem is nozzles.

 

[nadogail]

So I emailed Rustoleum yesterday morning with a copy of this thread and got an immediate reply stating they would refund all my money if I provided them with the lot numbers on the bottom of the cans, which I did (glad I didn't just toss the cans). They also offered to send replacement nozzels, but I told them I think the problem is the paint itself, but I dont know for sure . Anyhoo, I did check the other thread on this problem, obviously this has been a problem for awhile now and doesn't look like it's gonna be corrected by Rustoleum, so I'll be buying Krylon from now on. Kinda ****'s cause I still have 29 cans on the shelf It really pisses me off to see a good company go to ****, ignore customer complaints and STILL keep selling the bad product. Too much of that goes on today, It didn't seem to be like that years ago or maybe I'm just getting old and wiser

If they have offered replacement of the products you have purchased, I don’t see that your complaint has been ignored.

 

[FredWanaker]

nothing more than post building to reactivate 7 year old posts.

 

[DGersic]

I’ve never had a problem with the paint. I recently have started having problems with the spray cans. Not old, half used ones, but a brand new can from the store. Sprays about 1/2, then the can itself ( not the nozzle) plugs up and won’t spray. Not a loss of pressure, just dead.

 

[Jeff Ivers]

If you are talking about the wide spray nozzles as shown in the OP photo, I sometimes have them stop spraying while I am painting. I have found the problem to be that I got in a hurry and started spraying before the paint was well shaken. Also, since they changed to a style of can that can spray at many angles instead of just held straight up and down, inverting the can and spraying will not sufficiently clean the nozzle. Pull the nozzle and place it in a sealed jar of acetone. After it has soaked a bit, blow compressed air thru it and drop it in a jar of ready spares. Whenever you encounter a problem, pop the nozzle off and into your acetone and install one of your ready spares.

 

[dcg9381]

Why fix it when it sells more paint?

 

[NUTTSGT]

nothing more than post building to reactivate 7 year old posts.

Yep.

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