Ok - I am thinking about purchasing the Rusty Rails Painter and have looked at Joe's Model Trains site regarding the product. I know there has already been some discussion about the pros and cons of the product but my question is a little basic. I see there is an angled slender metal tube that allows the paint to flow from the bottle to the wheel. How do you manage ot clean out that tube or are there replacements in the package?
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My wife in the past would buy a kitchen gadget that did a mutiple of things. The problem was that there were a gazillion parts to wash and dry ater using.
So being too lazy to wash parts when unnecessay I don't used the paint resrvoir or the tube. I pour some of the paint, and do like the color, into a small cap and use the roller as you would use a paint roller.
Bob
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I really like my Rusty Rails painter. I just clean mine by running warm water through it in the sink. It has come clean easily every time.
Some people have had problems with it clogging up while using it. This happened to me only once and it was my own fault for not mixing the paint well enough.
You can get away with one coat of paint, but after experimenting, I found that doing a first coat of rust, followed by your colour of choice (slate is my favourite) It looks much better with two coats.
Good luck
Brent
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BATMAN I really like my Rusty Rails painter. I just clean mine by running warm water through it in the sink. It has come clean easily every time. Some people have had problems with it clogging up while using it. This happened to me only once and it was my own fault for not mixing the paint well enough. You can get away with one coat of paint, but after experimenting, I found that doing a first coat of rust, followed by your colour of choice (slate is my favourite) It looks much better with two coats. Good luck Brent
What Brent said, warm water cleans it nicely.
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Eh? LION spray paints the rails with latex paint from a shaker can, or maybe from a fat paint brush. Him cleans the paint of the rail heads later. It is easy to do, one pass with a scraper is all. Or you could use you claws if you have any.
NB, the new paint sprayers are a pain in the tail. TWICE, I had the button pointed the wrong way ans applied pain all over my nice fur. The zookeeper was NOT amused.
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