I'm in need of some paint to touch up a previously sprayed model. As the color is only available in "rattle cans", I need to spray some out and get it into a container without making a big mess. My need is for maybe 1/2 teaspoon.
Have you had any success doing this, and if so, how?
Thank you!
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Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
I'd spray it in an empty paint bottle. Don't have one? See if your doctor will give you a specimen urine cup
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
This is one of a number approaches that you'll find on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH6nT8H0wYA
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
I just spray it in a dixie cup.
-bmtrainmaster
Done this many times. Get a straw that is larger than the nozzle opening. Use blue tape to seal around the edges to hold the straw in place. Spray into a jar/bottle. Paint will drip out the straw instead of spraying everywhere. Important to let the decanted paint sit with a loosely capped lid to let propellant outgass before use. I usually wait several hours to be safe. The paint can be used directly in an airbrush without thinning, if that's what you are going to use to apply. Waiting to outgass will also allow paint to reach room temperature, will be very cold when you first decant it out.
Joel
Modeling the C&O New River Subdivision circa 1949 for the fun of it!
Pretty ingenious solution! I have in the past sprayed into a small jar and even onto a piece of cone shaped aluminum foil (when I only needed a touch). Using the straw, and allowing it to sit does sound like the way to go for this situation.
Thank you all!
decanting is fairly easy to do, most of mine were done on krylon for plastcs spray bombs ... all you need is a *** punch [small needle tip] and punch a small hole in the top to let pressure out gradually [several minutes] .. if the hole is too big you -might- get some paint coming out with the propellant ..
i usually left the spray bombs sitting for about an hour to make sure most of the propellant was gone ..
First off you need to add a bit of the solvent for the paint to the bottle that that you are decanting to to offset the extra dryers in spray paint, otherwise it will not have a very long shelf life. This is a purly trial and error type thing, other wise the paint will dry too fast and may become stringy. I have touch up paint decanted in a jar that has lasted for years (got a bottle to touch up the track ties that I rattle canned).
When I needed a small amount of spray paint for a touch-up I sprayed from the can into a large (1 pound, 9.6 ounce) coffee container lid until I got a puddle, then used a brush. Worked fine, I got the exact amount I needed without emptying the spray can.
Hi,
Just did the "straw in the jar" process and it worked like a charm. Got the paint I need without making any kind of mess - and barely an odor.
Thanks again!
If the can no longer sprays I do the pin hole thing as posted above. After the gas has escaped I enlarge the hole enough to take a sheet metal screw. After pouring out enough paint to fill a small bottle I use the screw and a rubber washer to seal the can until I need more paint.
The paint will pour easier if you drill a second hole across from the original to allow air to enter the can as the paint leaves. Be sure to seal both holes if you do that.
Mark
Are you going to use the paint in a airbrush or hand brush it on ?
I use the straw method. I found some large diameter straws at Wally world, cut the end to fit the sray nozzel on the can, taped it all up, and spray into a bottle.
It even works with the spray nozzel type that you can't clean out when you flip the can over.
I do this alot, for use in an air brush.
Mike.
My You Tube
FYI, I save a pair of Mrs. Pauley's old rubber cleaning gloves for use in messy paint operations like wanting to hand-hold a part or, in this thread's case, spraying paint into a cup.
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wvgcadecanting is fairly easy to do, most of mine were done on krylon for plastcs spray bombs ... all you need is a *** punch [small needle tip] and punch a small hole in the top to let pressure out gradually [several minutes] .. if the hole is too big you -might- get some paint coming out with the propellant .. i usually left the spray bombs sitting for about an hour to make sure most of the propellant was gone ..
If you are going to do that, simply turn the spray can upside down and push in the nozzle. After a few seconds, the propellant will start to spray out w/o the paint. It may take a while but eventually, all of the propellant will be gone and you can then safely optn the can to drain the paint.
dlm