# How much warming up to warm up a car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** toyota, pickup\ **Created:** [November 16, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-much-warming-up-to-warm-up-a-car/204461 "2025-11-16T15:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-much-warming-up-to-warm-up-a-car/204461/43 "2025-11-19T23:16:21Z")
> [@LoudThunder](#): > > How do you paint the vehicle Somehow, I have a faint memory that he said he used a roller brush to paint the truck, not sure about the bumpers… > [@How long does a spray can of paint last? Can I brush it on?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-does-a-spray-can-of-paint-last-can-i-brush-it-on/194940/9): > > 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. ? 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 wo… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-much-warming-up-to-warm-up-a-car/204461)._