Friday, February 08, 2013

How I decant spray paints

Can't wait for tomorrow so I go ahead and did the Decant for the paint I will be using. Here is how I decant spray paints.

You will need: Empty Jar, Drinking Straw, Foil, Rubber band and the Spray Paint.

First, prepare your container. Cover it with the foil or something and hold it with a rubber band.
Be sure the container is clean without any residue inside. And I would suggest to choose Glass or Metal jars for this technique because I saw some on the internet that used Plastic and the plastic didn't handled the paint and the jar went melting.


The drinking straw you wanted to use should at least fit on the nozzle of the spray paint where the paint passes through.
If you don't have a straw with the same size as your nozzle, you can also use some blu tac like so to seal the surrounding of the nozzle to prevent spills when decanting.
You may also need to shorten the straw for the paint to travel fast going to the container and not much waste.

When you are all ready, push the end of the straw to the foil to make an opening then start pressing the nozzle head.

Just fill the container half-way because later you might not expect how the propellant behave. It may rise up from the container and you will just spill it when stirring it.

You may stir it if you have time to release the propellant on the paint. Some put wooden sticks on the container to make it react same as to stirring it. What I did it I didn't completely close the jar, and left it over night then check it if it is all clear of bubbles in the morning.
That's it for now. Thanks for your time.

1 comment:

  1. Sir do u still.thin.it when applying thru AB? What thinner are u using for bosny?? :)

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