We use a lot of spray paint over the course of a year here in the shop and on jobs. I have to say, I'm really not very happy with Forrest Ind. and their #1990 Satin Black. The cans are always clogging up the nozzle with some bit of crap that's in the cans. It's kinda like rubber cement and it seems no matter how much we shake the cans it never completely dissolves. Cans may be dead on arrival or they start to clog mid way through a job and either stop altogether or spit, spatter, drip, leak, explode, tips get clogged, spray goes sideways...it's a mess.
When the cans work, I love the finish. We do a lot of installs with Duravent and the #1990 Satin matches the black finish on thimbles, support boxes and the like nearly 100%. Additionally, they also make a #2330 touch up version which is the same finish but 60% opaque, this makes the touch-up finish nearly 100% to the full finish so you can hit a spot on venting or a stove without having to paint the whole piece. However, the #2330 has the same issues with the clogging and we often end up painting the entire surface again because it spits and spatters. Wicked frustrating. It's weird too because we never have any issues with any of the metallic finishes. Just the Satin and touch-up.
The Satin and the touch-up version work great on so many stoves and venting parts it kinda like a necessary evil we just have to deal with all the time. I cannot tell you how many can we have bought that were just totally useless. It like 1 or two cans out of 6 actually work.
I've tried many other types of paint. Rust-o-leum makes a great high-heat grill paint that flows terrific, is a true blue-based black but it's a super flat. Just touching it leaves a mark. In pinch we will use that cause we can get it but it looks gray compared to anything black with a slight sheen. Engine enamels and the like are often a red based black or are a semi-gloss which is just too high of a sheen. they also take too long to dry and are ceramic and thus need to be cured incrementally. That just isn't gonna happen.
I think I may have found a replacement! Check out Krylon #1618 high heat black. True blu-black, matte finish (low-sheen), nearly exactly the finish of Duravent and Harman, adjustable tip so you can aim the spray vertically or horizontally, dries in 15 minutes and re-coats perfectly. So far, it hasn't lifted any existing stove finish too. It won't touch up well over anything else but itself but for $5.18 a can....who cares. Could be the best thing that has happened to me in 2015. Great find. They can I have doesn't have the "Max" printed on it and shows a Webber grill instead of a fire pit. Couldn't find the picture of that can in the internet.
When the cans work, I love the finish. We do a lot of installs with Duravent and the #1990 Satin matches the black finish on thimbles, support boxes and the like nearly 100%. Additionally, they also make a #2330 touch up version which is the same finish but 60% opaque, this makes the touch-up finish nearly 100% to the full finish so you can hit a spot on venting or a stove without having to paint the whole piece. However, the #2330 has the same issues with the clogging and we often end up painting the entire surface again because it spits and spatters. Wicked frustrating. It's weird too because we never have any issues with any of the metallic finishes. Just the Satin and touch-up.
The Satin and the touch-up version work great on so many stoves and venting parts it kinda like a necessary evil we just have to deal with all the time. I cannot tell you how many can we have bought that were just totally useless. It like 1 or two cans out of 6 actually work.
I've tried many other types of paint. Rust-o-leum makes a great high-heat grill paint that flows terrific, is a true blue-based black but it's a super flat. Just touching it leaves a mark. In pinch we will use that cause we can get it but it looks gray compared to anything black with a slight sheen. Engine enamels and the like are often a red based black or are a semi-gloss which is just too high of a sheen. they also take too long to dry and are ceramic and thus need to be cured incrementally. That just isn't gonna happen.
I think I may have found a replacement! Check out Krylon #1618 high heat black. True blu-black, matte finish (low-sheen), nearly exactly the finish of Duravent and Harman, adjustable tip so you can aim the spray vertically or horizontally, dries in 15 minutes and re-coats perfectly. So far, it hasn't lifted any existing stove finish too. It won't touch up well over anything else but itself but for $5.18 a can....who cares. Could be the best thing that has happened to me in 2015. Great find. They can I have doesn't have the "Max" printed on it and shows a Webber grill instead of a fire pit. Couldn't find the picture of that can in the internet.
When I buy tractor paint from sears it takes 2 weeks to get because they have the paint company mix a new can so it is fresh. FYI
