Spray undercoats that are 5 years old

[Red Jester]

Hey Chaps

i was going through my things the other day after moving house yet again and found about 6 cans of black spray undercoat that i bought about 5 years ago....  

So my question is this, does this stuff have a use buy date?

I can't find any dates on the can and last time i used one it was fine.

[Dan]

I cant see a problem if they were unused unless they have some rusting or other contamination on them . I've used some that were a few years old with no problems .
Test them on a old model.

[Glitzer]

I would't even risk an old model. Just spray a dot on something (I have a box I use for spraying, there's always some dot in another colour where I can test spray) and wait five minutes...

I don't see any reason for the paint going bad either. When I was a young boy I used lots of my fathers spraycans which where about 10 years or older...

[Red Jester]

thanks for the replys, i will go and give it a test spray later today if it ever stops raining  :roll:

[Red Jester]

For those who are interested the spray can i tried still works fine, so don't go throwing away any old undercoat you find.  ::