Spray painting is a convenient one, simple and practical way, with color the many things in apartment, beautify the house and garden.
Everywhere over there, where the brush can no longer reach, you can achieve even surfaces with paint from spray cans. The special advantage of liquid paints: Thanks to the fine touch of color, color particles get into corners, cover edges and cracks. Plastic objects can also be painted, that cannot be painted with a brush, with. B. Straw flowers and wicker. After chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) has been replaced as a propellant by gases such as propane or simply by compressed air, Painting work with spray cans is no longer an environmental sin. Solvents are still processed,
however, many spray paints are water-based. The color pigments are free of heavy metals, so that toys can also be painted.
With bronze spray in gold, Copper and metallic effects can be achieved in handicrafts. Hammer finish paints are mainly developed for metal coatings. Furniture and toys made of raw wood are protected with a clear lacquer finish.
Water as solvent and high quality: Aqua paint sprays are weather resistant, lightfast and permanently shiny. Any solid surface and even styrofoam can be painted with it.
Today's sprays no longer contain CFCs. Instead, press hydrocarbon, Propane, Isobutane or compressed air pushes the paint solution through the riser tube to the valve.
The specialists
Radiator paints are permanently heat-resistant and last at least 100 °C stand. They do not yellow even after years and keep their shine. When spraying in closed rooms you should ventilate well, but don't make a pass. The immediate area is well covered with foil or paper, otherwise get others, Objects that are further away also have a slight varnish veil. Enameled objects, with. B. Boiler, washing machines or bathtubs, are easily damaged on the painted outer skin. Scratches or holes can be touched up with enamel spray. Bathroom furniture is painted with spray paint in matching sanitary colors.
Thorough preparation of the substrate is absolutely necessary, if a good surface is to be created. This can be achieved with primer sprays, which can be processed on both smooth and absorbent surfaces. With the adhesive and primer sprays shown on this page you can wood, Eternity, Glass, Prime ceramics as well as paper and cardboard. Iron fences and zinc-coated metals are optimally protected against rust and corrosion with primers. They are good adhesion promoters and serve to optimize the gloss. Heat resistant sprays can make backyard grills unsightly, Embellish stovepipes or graying stoves in a heat-resistant way. Even the exhaust of a car can be painted. Heat resistant spray paint should be sprayed onto the bare metal (without primer), it becomes fully hard only after heating. Decorative sprays are the latest in the spray can range. Was früher nur im Fachhandel für Profis, z.B. for decorators, was available, can now also be bought by do-it-yourselfers in hardware stores. Incredible effects, for example granite in 14 different colors or marble in nine shades, can be made by yourself. Granite effect paint should be sprayed on a substrate that is similar in color, so that he covers better. Marble Effect is a mesh texture color, which also requires a finished and colored background.
Old or empty spray cans—what then?
Spraydosenrecycling
Aerosol cans are made of tinplate or aluminum. Both materials are suitable for recycling and represent an important raw material basis for steel- and aluminum product. They are recyclable and should be returned to the material cycle. Almost all spray cans therefore bear the green dot. Sprayed completely empty, they belong in the appropriate recycling bins.
Spray cans are sealed almost airtight and can be used for many years without any loss of quality. Therefore, spray cans are likely to be found in many households, who do not yet have the green dot. Are these cans now being sprayed empty?, the following recommendation applies:be set. Therefore, spray cans are likely to be found in many households, who do not yet have the green dot. Are these cans now being sprayed empty?, the following recommendation applies:
■ Empty spray cans, that do not have a green dot, can always be put in the recyclables collection.
■ Doses labeled as harmful or harmful (black cross on an orange background) are not allowed in the yellow bag or the yellow bin. They belong in the hazardous waste.
■ There is no reason, Do not spray empty the spray. Should there be a functional error and the contents can no longer be sprayed out, the can should never be opened by force. It goes in the hazardous waste.
■ If aerosol cans are used properly, there is no risk (Heed the warnings on the can). After being filled, each can undergoes a pressure test, where it is exposed to a much higher pressure than in the normal situation. These tests ensure pressure resistance.