how to fix my can

snoopy8 · **how to fix my can -** 12-07-2005, 01:27 PM

ok, well as some of u should know by now, i was staying for this after skool program and i graffed after, the pic is in the graff flix, ok well now, the teacher let us have some cans for free lol the ones we used, but there was this new one, and when i try to put a cap on it to spray, nuttin comes out! the cap fits! but the paint is like... stuck or something, i dont really know, anyone here wit a lot of experience wit cans can help me fix it? i really need this can, i didnt get enough cans lol just 6! and the other ones r almost empty lol

iomek · 12-07-2005, 03:03 PM

then the cap isnt designed for the can.. what type of cans are you using? male or female, and same question with the cap.. but if no paint comes out, well obviously it doesnt work so try a different cap.. if the cap is clogged up with paint, soak it in some turps, white spirit or paint stripper..

snoopy8 · 12-07-2005, 03:10 PM

lol how do u find out if it is male or female? lol damn even cans come like that? lol

EDIT: ohh and the caps i was using were new, so no way they could of be clogged, thats wat i thought first when i used a old one first, but then i put a new one and same thing, btw, this is my 500 post

lol

Pop N Jay · 12-07-2005, 05:59 PM

the valve is probably fucked, the cans must be trash.

snoopy8 · 12-07-2005, 07:44 PM

damn, so no way to fix it then?

STIFF_UK · 12-07-2005, 08:12 PM

Male and female...
If the cap has a piece that inserts into the valve on the can, it's a male cap and a female can.

If the can has a piece of the valve sticking up that fits into the underside of the can it's a male can and a female cap.
As an example - almost all domestic aerosols (cleaner, air freshener and deoderant) are male cans and female caps.
Most spray paints are female cans.

I've had cans where the valve has been broken from the start.
Other times the valve works, but if the paint hasn't been shaken right to start with, the unmixed contents can sometimes clog the straw on the inside that the paint comes up.

I had a can that just coughed up raw pigment once cos I hadn't shaken it (missed it out somehow when i was shaking them all)

With that one I shook it and then kept spraying until it worked. Had to butcher a cap to make it work without clogging a ton of caps in the process too.

Whatever you try be careful. Cans are presurrised and are bloody dangerous if you don't treat them right.

snoopy8 · 12-07-2005, 08:32 PM

umm ok thanks for that, well i guess my can is a female and i was using male caps, but then im guessing i need to shake it and keep pressing until it works i guess, well thanks for the help, if i need to know anything else, please let me know, thanks

snoopy8 · 12-08-2005, 08:09 PM

ok, its sort of fixed now! the paint comes out now, but it comes out under the cap, not right out the cap... i think its hard to explain lol but yea, thats how i can explain it, lol

Pop N Jay · 12-09-2005, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by snoopy8

ok, its sort of fixed now! the paint comes out now, but it comes out under the cap, not right out the cap... i think its hard to explain lol but yea, thats how i can explain it, lol

yea, that pretty much means the valve is fucked. it's trash now.

snoopy8 · 12-09-2005, 07:03 PM

WAT? lol come on!! lol no way to fix it then? i dont wanna go and buy some other cans! i told some guy to get me some but i havent seen him yet! so there is totally no way to fix it?

Pop N Jay · 12-09-2005, 07:19 PM

my guess is it's cheap paint, and it's been pretty cold in your area? the seal around where you put the cap in is probably stiff and starting to crack.

just get some new paint.

Pop N Jay · 12-09-2005, 07:20 PM

oh and by the way, every time i said "valve", i meant "seal". weird how those words switched places in my brain.

snoopy8 · 12-09-2005, 07:44 PM

well yea im in chicago, we were painting outside a while ago and i dont think we used that can, and yea its also been snowing a lot! but well, ill guess ill have to get me a new can then ;(

STIFF_UK · 12-10-2005, 12:46 AM

2 things that can cause it to come out under the cap and not through it.

1> Wrong cap. There's more variation than just male and female. For example a Belton valve is narrower than a Montana one. Montana caps will not fit on a Belton can, and using a belton one on a Montana, while it works, doesn't quite give a perfect seal and that can cause a little leakage.

2> Clogged cap. Not necessarily blocked, but partially blocked up. Can restrict paint flow and the paint then flows between the cap stem and the sides of the valve throat.

A combination of 1 and 2 can be common.

snoopy8 · 12-10-2005, 10:52 AM

ummm well the can is a different kind of can, its not krylon or anything, its got a weird name, i dont want to check it right now cuz its under my bed and i gotta move a lot of stuff lol and well the whole in the valve is kinda big! and im using german fats and outlines and some gold dots, i dont think they r big enough!