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Offline Gonzo100100

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An electric paint sprayer for varnish from broken spray can?
« on: 29 January 2021, 11:44:52 PM »
I have a broken varnish spray can. I tried all I could to fix it and make it work but wasn’t able to. Now I want to open the can, but I need a way to use the varnish to spray it over my miniatures somehow. I wonder what the best thing would be to do. Will an electric paint sprayer be sufficient for spraying miniatures?
I don’t know if I should order one from Amazon…
Can you give me some advice?

Offline robh

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Re: An electric paint sprayer for varnish from broken spray can?
« Reply #1 on: 30 January 2021, 10:31:27 AM »
I wouldn't recommend it but apparently it can be done:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=puncturing+a+spray+can

Offline Svennn

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Re: An electric paint sprayer for varnish from broken spray can?
« Reply #2 on: 30 January 2021, 11:15:45 AM »
I would recommend it either but if I did it I would get hold of a cheap airbrush kit as it would be more likely to get re-used afterwards.

Surely cheaper and much less faff to write off the can and get a replacement?
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