shake your dullcoat (in a can) shake your dullcoat

did a lousy job of shaking it and sprayed on my Nato camoflauge Leopard 2a6. Came back a half hour later and it looked like it had a case of light snow on top. lucky I guess it was only on the top of the turret which is what I sprayed first, but still, I am going to have to repaint that area and its 3 colors. Now if it had covered the whole tank I would have passed it off as a winter weathering job and listened to accolades from my peers

just out of curiousity, any body have an idea on how this could be corrected without repainting. This is the classic laquer stuff out of the can. I only have the top of the turret to do . I'll spend more time cleaning the airbrush than actually painting.

Steve, let it dry for couple of days... Texas weather is dry so should be able to fix that problem.

To prevent this happen again, soak your can in warm water about a minute before you shake and spray. This will get the paint mixed evenly in the can.

WC

For bottled paints, I put good old fashioned BB's in the paint bottles to help with the mixing when shaken...

Another method for mixing paints and varnishes is the one that I use.
Bend a loop into some brass rod and fit it into a mini drill/dremel etc and watching the speed of rotation, so as not to paint the whole room, switch on and after a short time the product is mixed perfectly. Clean the stirrer and it will sit waiting the next use.

Regards,

John

I just went ahead and repainted the top of the turret. I know now to shake the living h**l out of the can (like I normally do) before spraying

I solved my mixing problems by buying a badger paint mixer. Open the jar, insert the mixer, turn it on for 10 seconds. The paint is perfectly mixed. A 3 year old bottle of paint is no problem. I do recommend straining old paint before using. Cheers , Greg.

I would let it dry a long long time in hot dry condition, it may cure clear