How long does a spray can of paint last? Can I brush it on?

Sorry, too lazy to do that. It wasn’t a laff riot. A little bit of pressure was left, so a few drops fizzled out.

It was almost unbrushable. It ran readily (it’s thinner than liquid paint) and dried immediately.

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8 hours soaking in mineral spirits cleaned out the spray head, so I could spray most of it out normally. Then the stem got clogged: took the head off, pushed it against the pickup, nothing came out. I drove a nail down the stem, got another ounce or 2 out. It was hard to work with: ran and dried immediately. It covers a lot less per ounce than liquid paint.

When I went to paint the bumper (black) the can lacked a spray head. Then I remembered my jar of spray heads soaking in mineral spirits on the shelf of misfit tools. It worked perfectly. I should have put the red can’s there in the first place.

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