Best Paint I've Ever Seen!

[Thunk]

I'm painting my house and I keep testing different paints on the dog house to see if I like them. (before putting them on the trim of my house).

I tried one today...rustoleum - painters touch. Looks like it's for painting furniture.

I just painted a little patch on the dog house & stuck the brush with WET PAINT into a cup of mineral spirits.

An hour later...that cup of mineral spirits was still as clear as water. NONE of the wet paint had come off the brush.

HOLY HANNAH! I might paint my entire house with this stuff! It doesn't come off no matter what!

 

[Thunk]

I checked 2 hours later...3 hours later...Mineral spirits still completely clear...and this was a green paint so it would have been easy to see.

 

[occupied]

Mineral spirits may not be the right thing. As a solvent it is pretty weak. Something like touline or xylene might do better. Oil paint is a horrible cleanup anyway. If it's had a while to dry up might as well throw the brush away.

 

[Thunk]

Mineral spirits may not be the right thing. As a solvent it is pretty weak.

Mineral spirits have worked great for every other paint and stain I've used. Including an exterior oil based primer/sealer. Mineral spirits cleaned that right off my hands and the brush.

Same spirits out of the same bottle wouldn't do a thing to this paint I used today.

 

[marvin martian]

I'm painting my house and I keep testing different paints on the dog house to see if I like them. (before putting them on the trim of my house).

I tried one today...rustoleum - painters touch. Looks like it's for painting furniture.

I just painted a little patch on the dog house & stuck the brush with WET PAINT into a cup of mineral spirits.

An hour later...that cup of mineral spirits was still as clear as water. NONE of the wet paint had come off the brush.

HOLY HANNAH! I might paint my entire house with this stuff! It doesn't come off no matter what!

I used that to paint a fireplace in one of my houses. It was great and looked new for the entire 8 years we lived there.

 

[ozro]

I may try some of that paint based on your experience.
You don't work for Rust-Oleum do you?
I mean, no offense but I have seen enough bullshit posted here that I have to ask.

 

[occupied]

Mineral spirits have worked great for every other paint and stain I've used. Including an exterior oil based primer/sealer. Mineral spirits cleaned that right off my hands and the brush.

Same spirits out of the same bottle wouldn't do a thing to this paint I used today.

I buy that stuff in a spraycan all the time. Haven't noticed it being particularly difficult to clean up. Haven't brushed it though. I like how fast it dries. I spent the day brushing oil based poly. The job got done and I threw the brushes and rollers away. I always use a brand-new brush when I do poly.

 

[Thunk]

You don't work for Rust-Oleum do you?

No

It's just been a long road this summer painting my house and if somebody had given me this info 6 months ago...I would have greatly appreciated it. So I thunked I would share!

Funny thing is...I spot paint my truck with gloss black rustoleum...done it for years...but I never even tried to save the brush...always just threw it away.

But that type of rustoleum is way too high gloss for a house! Need to get semi or satin.

 

[Thunk]

The only "flat" rustoleum I've found is primer.

 

[occupied]

The only "flat" rustoleum I've found is primer.

Why are you using oil anyway? Latex is way easier to deal with.

 

[1srelluc]

The only "flat" rustoleum I've found is primer.

They make a camo flat black that is not a primer.

Rust-Oleum® Camouflage Spray Paint Black (12 Oz.)

Agri Supply - It's What's Inside. We have over 26,000 products designed to help you with your projects including this Rust-Oleum® Camouflage Spray Paint.

www.agrisupply.com

 

[toobfreak]

I just painted a little patch on the dog house & stuck the brush with WET PAINT into a cup of mineral spirits.
An hour later...that cup of mineral spirits was still as clear as water. NONE of the wet paint had come off the brush.

Its a LATEX-based paint; why would you expect an oil-based solvent to break it down? Try water.

It likely has a great deal of pigmentation solids in it which is what makes it cover so well.

 

[Thunk]

They make a camo flat black that is not a primer.

Thanks...I didn't see that.

Unfortunately nothing on my house is black.

 

[Thunk]

Its a LATEX-based paint; why would you expect an oil-based solvent to break it down? Try water.

I have other latex based paints that mineral spirits dissolved lickity split.

 

[Thunk]

Mineral spirits have worked on everything from thompsons water seal to oil based paints to latex paints...but not this one!

 

[1srelluc]

Mineral spirits have worked on everything from thompsons water seal to oil based paints to latex paints...but not this one!

I suspect because it's epoxy based.....They make both epoxy and latex based Painter's Choice.

 

[Thunk]

I suspect because it's epoxy based.....They make both epoxy and latex based Painter's Choice.

It says latex on the can...but all I know is what I've observed. And all other paints, primers, and stains have come off with this gallon jug of mineral spirits.

It even ate thru the plastic solo cup I was using...After about 5 hours...OOPS!

 

[Thunk]

Welp, I done went and did it!

I spent over 6 hours painting today. Everything that was green on the front of the house got repainted with rustoleum - painters touch...hunt club green...satin finish.

I wasn't sure I liked the color...it's GORGEOUS!

I wasn't sire if I liked the "satin" finish...It's GORGEOUS!

I've gone out front now 4 times to stare at it. I have such a huge sense of satisfaction right now! Everything just worked out...even the weather!

Only problem is hand cramps from painting all day...but they'll go away.

Me a happy camper!

 

[Thunk]

I could only find 2 quarts of the stuff. I had to use a gallon stir thingy (connected to my drill) in a 1 quart can...but even that worked out without spilling.

I just had to stir kinda slowly.

 

[sparky]

It ain't yer poppy's paint no more, thx to the EPA ~S~