# How long does a spray can of paint last? Can I brush it on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 19, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-does-a-spray-can-of-paint-last-can-i-brush-it-on/194940 "2024-05-19T16:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-does-a-spray-can-of-paint-last-can-i-brush-it-on/194940/9 "2024-05-20T06:11:13Z")
> [@Tester](#): > > I want you to make a video of you doing that and then post it here so we can all laugh our asses off. 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. > [@TwinTurbo](#): > > I brush spray paint all the time. It was almost unbrushable. It ran readily (it’s thinner than liquid paint) and dried immediately. > [@davesmopar](#): > > Just make sure you do it to a can of primer 1st so it sticks really good… ? 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-does-a-spray-can-of-paint-last-can-i-brush-it-on/194940)._