I have an old can of Testor's Glosscote that I wanted to use, but when I tried to shake it up, I don't hear a rattle. Do Glosscote cans have that rattle in them? I know they don't have another part to mix in like Dullcote, so I was wondering.
My Glosscote spray can doesn't rattle?
- Thread starter Sluis Van Shipyards
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Turn it upside down with the lid on and smack that mother on something good multiple times and see if the ball inside just got stuck.
cyclocrosschris
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old can shake shake but seriously, we pay lots for kits if you have old paint buy new paint its cheaper than what you are going to paint
Gimme Shelter
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I've had similar rattle can issues - I got around this by leaving the can submerged in a washing up bowl of very hot tap water until the water went cold - this warmed the cans contents enough to release the ball - mind you, like said above, a bloody good smack up the arse with the can upside down with a mallet often does the trick
I was thinking about whacking it, but didn't have anything on hand that wouldn't break. :lol I'll go whack it on the vise. I *am* going to spray it on a scrap to test it out first though. I'm not sure how old it is, but my guess would be 5-10 years old.
Jimmer
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When I first got into building models I did research on spray painting and learned the "place the can in warm water" technique. I did this using testors/model masters a few times with warm water - not hot - and one can "bubbled" on the bottom. What I mean is that the bottom of the can which is concaved upward concaved downward to the point that it won't stand up now, I have to lay it on its side. It looks like it came close to bursting. This really surprised me as I was only using warm water, not hot at all.
I'm not trying to contradict what you're saying, Gimme Shelter, I am still a novice. I'm also not sure it was near bursting. It just alarmed me enough that I no longer use warm water.
Again, I'm not trying to say Gimme Shelter is incorrect in any way, just looking for info as to if I did nearly rupture a can.
It sounds like you had a bad can. I've had the same thing happen but it only happened once in almost 20 years
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Jimmer
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Good to know. The warm water method seemed to make sense, I was just hesitant to try it again as it looked like I came very close to a large mess.
Of course I'll still be cautious, but feel better about it now.
Thanks Heluba.
Ok I ended up banging the crap out of it on my vice and nothing. I tested it and it works. So I'm wondering if this older can didn't have anything in it? Glosscoat doesn't have anything separate in it like Dullcote, so maybe that's why?
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