Can you empty VHT Chrome Paint (spray can)

[sutan]

can you empty VHT chrome paint the one in the spray/rattle can in a bottle for airbrush use and still retain its chrome like paint effect?

[Scale-Master]

In theory, yes. You may have to experiment with pressure and flow rate to get the same effect, but it should work.
You do know how to get the paint out safely, right? - Mark

[sutan]

Originally Posted by Scale-Master

In theory, yes. You may have to experiment with pressure and flow rate to get the same effect, but it should work.
You do know how to get the paint out safely, right? - Mark

not exactly but i read the tutorial in Brian's Model Cars. is it the proper way to do it or there is another way?

[Cold_Fire]

There is a much easier way if you have some practice. You just have to puncture the upper part of the can with a hammer and some... don't know how it's called in english, take a look at this pic:



Once punctured, move it or turn it smoothly until you hear air coming out slowly from the can. Stay in that position; when you realize that the pressure is getting lower, you can move the pin a bit more. You know, just make the air come out at very low pressure. At the end you'll have only paint on the can. Then you can make another hole to allow air go inside the can, and you can drain the paint from the can in any jar by the first hole.

Regards

[Ferrari TR]

Woah!
Very bad idea!
Punching holes in spray cans is the worst idea I've heard.
If you want to drain the paint out of the can first hold it upside down and empty all of the propellent out by spraying it till it quits making noise.
Than and only then can you open the can!

[Cold_Fire]

It's not a bad idea, it's just another one. I've emptied many cans in that way with no problem at all.

Anyway, spraying the propelent looks like still easier

[Murray Kish]

Please don't put stuff like that on here. Some 9 year old kid is gonna read that and try it in his dad's garage. As an adult, we're responsible for our own stupidity, but there's lots of kids that read this, and I'd really hate to see one try this and hurt himself.

Sorry to be blunt. I'm sure it works if you're well familiar with how to do it. But someone who doesn't really know what they're doing could easily get hurt....

[sutan]

Thank ou everyone for your reply all of you have been helpfull. For me both ideas work but I guess I'll use the safest way to decant the paint.

[Scale-Master]

Even if you empty the propellant out of the can by spraying upside down, just wait a few minutes, shake the can and repeat, several times, before puncturing the can.
Residual propellant can still make quite mess, never mind the obvious hazards.
Plus, the propellant will be infused with the paint. Be very cautious when opening whatever container you store the decanted paint in.
It is probable that the paint with be under pressure even after being decanted. Even weeks or months later... - Mark

[willimo]

I had some decanted paint in an airbrush jar, and I knocked the jar over. The paint inside instantly started spraying out of the vent hole and the a/b hookup and sprayed all over my work bench. Thank goodness it missed all my model and parts, but holy cow, that was a scary moment.

[/not particularly funny anecdote]

[bvia]

Originally Posted by Cold_Fire

It's not a bad idea, it's just another one. I've emptied many cans in that way with no problem at all.

Anyway, spraying the propelent looks like still easier

No, that is the EXACT DEFINITION of what a bad idea is...unless the question is "How to make the simple act of decanting a can of spray paint into a life-threatening situation?"...

As to VHT chrome, I'd simply throw the can away and buy some Alcad2 and a can of Tamiya gloss black....guaranteed results.

hth,
Bill