![]() ![]() If you want to get down to worrying about the slightest danger, spraying paint out off of a spray can is dangerous. If you're looking to win the Ridler award at the Autorama then it's probably not for you. So in summary: if you're looking to paint your beater, shop truck or rat rod, Rustoleum works fine. I just discovered rat wax and that seems to work good too. ![]() I use a clear spray wax on it every once and a while to get the water marks and greasy hand prints off. It's been on there coming up on 4 years outside in the Florida weather and still looks OK (the red has faded a little). The latest truck I did 50/50 mix of flat and semi gloss black (what I had) with a red roof and wheels. Early on I thinned with gasoline (I don't recommend this) or mineral spirits and the last one i reduced with acetone (as the label recommends). Drys hard in a couple hours out in the sun and shine for years out in the weather without ever being washed or waxed. The signs, I use a foam roller and roll it on right out of the can. I've used gallons and gallons of Rustoleum on everything from signs to my shop trucks (had a few over the years) to the outside and top caps on my above ground pool. ![]() As a sign painter here in Florida for 36+ years. Most of you who put their "2 cents" in should probably get change back. ![]()
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