Paint life?
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- Sluis Van Shipyards
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Paint life?
I was going through some of my Model Masters enamel paints today and noticed I have some with price tags from 1992! It seems like it still works okay when I tested it on a scrap. Does anyone know if these paints have an expiration date, or is it just if it doesn't work throw it out?
- Joseph Osborn
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If the paint is still liquid, it's still good. If the solvent has evaporated out of the enamel paint and it's dried out, it's probably toast. Sometimes if it's a little gooey, you can add some mineral spirits or turps or even lacquer thinner and mix the pigments back into a usable paint. On a similar vein, I have added Gunze thinner to an old jar of Mr Surfacer 500 to thin it out enough to use.
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- Lt. Z0mBe
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Echoing Joe's remarks here. Also, usually you will get better results if you actually stir your paint with a stick than only shaking. I have paints that are 20+ years old that I have dipped into. Shaking them, you'd think they were toast. But, give them a thorough stir and then some shaking after that, and they are like new a lot of the time.
I hope this helps.
Kenny
I hope this helps.
Kenny
I use a battery powered paint stirrer - worth its weight in gold..
http://www.micromark.com/cordless-mixer ... ,7616.html
http://www.micromark.com/cordless-mixer ... ,7616.html
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