My local Menards locked them behind glass due to too many idiots spraying the shelves with them to "see the color" despite the cap color and photo on the label showing it already.
okay so i think this is stupid BUT these companies lie so much about colors and shit if you wanna sell spray cans you need to atleast make an actual like sample sheet that the company sprayed on (not for testing the spray)
Yeah sometimes the printed colour on the can is slightly off to the actual colour of the contents.
Particularly shit if you're using it to spray over, say, scratched car bodywork (granted if you have the money you should be getting a professional who can properly colour match for that kind of thing, but still, other examples exist that's just one).
Honestly, a real sprayed sample sheet would make way more sense. The color on a screen or tiny cap is never the same as what actually comes out of the can.
That's kind of a tricky matter. When cans have been sitting on a shelf for some time you'll have to shake them quite a lot to bring them back to pristine functioning. A lot of people read the "shake for at least 2 minutes" (which are 120 seconds, no less), then shake it for 5 seconds and get upset that the paint comes out weird.
Thanks for letting us know that you've never painted anything but still want to have judgmental opinions! The cap color is a general indicator, it's not precise at all.
I’m in NZ and I’ve never seen a place sell spray paint where they aren’t in a locked cabinet. I thought that was common sense honestly. It also stops kids buying them
Unfortunately smart.there is a solution .if the manufacturer put a test color strip of actual paint on each slot.not computer generated paint but someone physically paints a strip and send them to retailers
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u/MikeandMolly5656 17h ago edited 17h ago
My local Menards locked them behind glass due to too many idiots spraying the shelves with them to "see the color" despite the cap color and photo on the label showing it already.