New Rollable Hammerite
Finnigans Smoothrite is usually great. I use the stuff a lot and used to find it to be very good - drying in a couple of hours and very durable when painted over primer (rubbish and brittle when painted directly onto steel).
My most recent tin declared it was new and improved as it could now be applied with a roller. “New and improved” should have rung some alarm bells. When Tesco do new and improved it normally means they’ve done a cost down exercise - the product has become less nice but you’ll probably keep on buying it because you are in Tesco anyway and you used to buy the old inferior stuff.
Cutting to the chase. I brushed some of this new improved Smoothrite onto the boot floor to tidy up some bare patches on Friday. It’s now Monday and the stuff still hasn’t dried. It’s still sticky. I’d expected it to dry after the normal two hours, so after three days felt safe enough to sit inside the boot and fit the fuel pump.
Big mistake. The boot needs painting again and I’m very sticky. The paint is going back to the shop.
Beware the new improved rollerable Smoothrite! Try for an old tin from the back of the shelf.
September 9th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Hi
I have just used the new improved roller version and its absolutly fantastic, I used it as instructed on the tin and rolled it on. It looks as though it was sprayed on and by a professional, I came across this post while searching for a supplier of it in bulk as I am going to use it to refurbish a whole production line as its so simple to use and give a fantastic result with out the hassle and mess of spraying. I will leave further comment if I have any problems.
It’s like anything you need to try it for yourself to really know, after all my opinion is the exact opposite to the previous one.
October 13th, 2006 at 10:16 am
I painted a chassis jig in the old hammer finish stuff a few weeks ago. Again an excellent finish. The new stuff just seems to have a longer drying time - maybe twice as long as the old version, so it’s no longer possible to paint something in late afternoon and work with it the following morning.
Think I’ve figured out the problem I had with the boot. It was an enclosed area open only at the top, and I’m wondering if the vapors are heavier than air.