Help with brushable "Hamerite" paint please

[Tinbasher]

I would be wary, many solvents will clean a brush but not be good as thinners for the paint.

 

[dickm]

A while back, Lidl were special offering what they called Universal Thinner so it's probably available elsewhere in the UK. May be the same stuff as in Spain; but obviously, you'd need to test its effect on a small scale before using it for real.

 

[Bradshaw Joinery]

Be very careful with any aluminium based paint. Only ever stir it don't shake as it becomes explosive.
I have seen aluminium wood primer explode first hand and believe me it's very messy.


~Nil carborundum illegitemi~

For real?

Last time i bought a tin they put it in a machine shaker for me....

 

[deserter]

It was a paint shaker that made the tin I saw explode, whilst working in the paint store.
There are two kinds of aluminium paint though, one is called aluminium wood primer, but actually contains no aluminium, the other is made with aluminium flakes. You can tell the difference when you apply it, the true aluminium one dries to a powdery finish which leaves a silver residue on your hands if you rub it. It's this one which shouldn't be shaken.


~Nil carborundum illegitemi~