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Bobbie Rochow
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Hey, I painted some maroon One Shot last night, around 70 degrees in shop with fan blowing all night, is not dry, still VERY sticky. Are there any tricks to speeding up the drying? I should've mixed some Japan Drier in it. [Frown]

I think it might be because the can is low on paint, towards the bottom of an old can, maybe missing some chemicals or oils in it? I always stir well.

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Bobbie Rochow
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Richard Heller
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Bobbie, maroon and Brown always dried slowly. I would put it out in the sun, if there is any. We're pretty warm here in Cleveland today.

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Rick Heller
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Cleveland, OH 44103
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Japan drier would help next time too.

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Rick Heller
Ohio Technical College
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Cleveland, OH 44103
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Bobbie Rochow
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Duh-I am an hour an a half east of you Richard! Lotsa sun! Thanks!

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older maroon paint is a high solids paint. fades quicly and dries very slow. i stay away from using it for big stuff. if its lettering i prefer a mask and KRYLON SPRAY.

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
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Like I wrote before, my 1-Shot Black was taking forever to dry. I found that mixing a lot of cornstarch in it, it was bone dry the next day, but dead flat, like soot, no brushmarks, very even color. I guess you could then give it a coat of satin or glossy varnish but I'm not sure if that would work.

[ June 19, 2012, 04:45 PM: Message edited by: Dennis Kiernan ]

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Well, I just tried it and it works pretty well but the varnish brings out slight brushstrokes that were invisible when it was dead matte. Ah well.

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dennis kiernan
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Karen,

I had some paint once I purchased that was enamel but not one shot. I was painting backgrounds for park signs and they were so wet forever it seemed, but I scraped a bit and sanded to get the top layer off and it seemed to dry with fans after a couple days. I was so used to one shot it was driving me nuts. Now this was a paint the paint store mixed and sold for me; but she was another sign painter that worked there part time.

I think back and realize it was mixed wrong but it eventually dried and I then layered light layers over and over. You know when I got the signs painted they withstood the outdoor country highway winds for at least 10 years.

wish you well, good luck

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could try some of this old stuff)))))
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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
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stein Saether
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ventilate, its probably high humidity in the shop that causes it

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Stein Saether
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Jim Moser
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I have had the problem with Black, Maroon, and Bright Red....Use the OneShot 4007 Hardener [Smile]

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I will never use One Shot again. What was once the BESt is now garbage. Ronan is till a great paint.

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Instead of a fan, use a dehumidifier. Pulls the moisture out.

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Dana Blair
Blair Signs
Wooster, OH
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Spritzing hydrogen peroxide on the damp paint sometimes helps.

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David Harding
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OP now do you really have that stuff?The Signs of Times museum may just have the perfect place for that. Is there still any wet paint in those?

I just downsized and let my one shot go from 1999 and I thought I was bad to hold on to that. Even my black one shot is gone...weep, weep...the one with the lead.

[ June 21, 2012, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: Deb Fowler ]

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yes i have all 3 cans and more....and yes there is paint in all of em.

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
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