kabuki Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 all good from Jack who sent them, he couldnt send o/s so a friend had them sent to their friends in brooklyn. Now just waiting for a friend of a friend to send them, i know they are still there as there has been little com between the 2 friends. frustrating but i had a chance to get them thru this method with no contacts reliable in the states. Plastikote played a major role in my early years of writing, and my love of packaging has me regretting all the picture labels i lost. grenades...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 I just wish that I got ahold of the older plasticote soup cans from him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabuki Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 yep me too, such iconic items- best i get less romantic about paint! I love the idea of catalogs and chips as they tell another story.So fascinated by this side of products from the 50s, Australia feels a world away . The signage and packaging obviously makes as much an impression as the cans. anyway to me they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 As you seen in some of my pics I appreciate signs too, and keep several binders of various color charts and advertisements from early 50's to 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunknucleus Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 doodaloodle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*PROTOCOL* Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I found a can of benjamin moore aerosol called "RETARDO" at the thrift store the other day. I dont know if its worth anything but it makes me laugh to look at it. Definately dont think they could get away with that name these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.P. 14 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 not for nothin, I'm not a real collector but I'd love to get my hands on a 73 rusto black, flat? Anybody got insight on where i might find something so specific? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 Got a couple cans of it, contact me with your offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint2metal Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Here are some very interesting oddity cans of paint. Lets start from the left. Klenk's Epoxy is slamming with the thickness & coverage. Has a great smell to it too. Only problem is the valve system which doesnt except standard fat caps. The stock cap though itself writes a bit fatter then the average Rusto or Krylon caps. Any brand of Epoxy paint is usually good , so I recommmend if you see the Trutone Epoxy pick it up as well. Klenks who is the major brand for Epoxy based paint usually comes in Almond , Avacado , Harvest Wheat, Harvest Yellow & Toast. The Avacado is badass, & so are the Harvest colors. Definately quality shit that runs along side with old Rusto. Ok for the Hue Grey I never used it. Found it along with a case of old , old, old school 60's Krylon OD Khak in an old building a friend was buying. Rusto Flourescent Yellow. Just an interesting Rusto oddity from the late 80's. THe Avcado in the pic...see Epoxy above. Growco Purple...Now this is the ill shit. Made in California in the late 80's. Talk to the old LA graff vets about this shit. Sssssslammming. One of the best purples ever and thick like old Rusto too. Craftworks Dolphin Blue...used to find these in some art & craft stores in the 80's. Made by Illinois Bronze company. Same company that made Wet Look & Wet Paint. Very solid Blue. Dont remember what the rest of the colors were. Good shit however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint2metal Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I found a can of benjamin moore aerosol called "RETARDO" at the thrift store the other day. I dont know if its worth anything but it makes me laugh to look at it. Definately dont think they could get away with that name these days. Retardo Green was very popular with Smith , Sane & Jon 156 on NYC Subways in the mid 80's. See Smith , Sane thread for their old green blockbusters on NYC trains. That is Retardo Green. That stuff covered very well but came with female chisel cap system similar to later Red Devil cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 Here are some very interesting oddity cans of paint. Lets start from the left. Klenk's Epoxy is slamming with the thickness & coverage. Has a great smell to it too. Only problem is the valve system which doesnt except standard fat caps. The stock cap though itself writes a bit fatter then the average Rusto or Krylon caps. Any brand of Epoxy paint is usually good , so I recommmend if you see the Trutone Epoxy pick it up as well. Klenks who is the major brand for Epoxy based paint usually comes in Almond , Avacado , Harvest Wheat, Harvest Yellow & Toast. The Avacado is badass, & so are the Harvest colors. Definately quality shit that runs along side with old Rusto. Ok for the Hue Grey I never used it. Found it along with a case of old , old, old school 60's Krylon OD Khak in an old building a friend was buying. Rusto Flourescent Yellow. Just an interesting Rusto oddity from the late 80's. THe Avcado in the pic...see Epoxy above. Growco Purple...Now this is the ill shit. Made in California in the late 80's. Talk to the old LA graff vets about this shit. Sssssslammming. One of the best purples ever and thick like old Rusto too. Craftworks Dolphin Blue...used to find these in some art & craft stores in the 80's. Made by Illinois Bronze company. Same company that made Wet Look & Wet Paint. Very solid Blue. Dont remember what the rest of the colors were. Good shit however Wet Look was made by NYBCO New York Bronze Company and Wet Paint Was made by Illinois Bronze Co. (Unfortunatley not ILLCO). Illbronze is the same company that made your harvest wheat epoxy. I am suprised you like the colorworks. I have used the avocado and was disapointed by the coverage of it. Growco is definatley good paint, and for awhile someone on ebay was selling surplus cases of it pretty cheap, I bought a case of what I thought was light green (Aquaish color) and all the cans sprayed was a watery metallic green, that would explain the surplus price. Funny how you talk about Trutest "AVACADO" it is the only can that spells it that way instead of "Avocado" that you see on other cans. Glad to know the art of diggin for paint is still alive with some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint2metal Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Wet Look was made by NYBCO New York Bronze Company and Wet Paint Was made by Illinois Bronze Co. (Unfortunatley not ILLCO). Illbronze is the same company that made your harvest wheat epoxy. I am suprised you like the colorworks. I have used the avocado and was disapointed by the coverage of it. Growco is definatley good paint, and for awhile someone on ebay was selling surplus cases of it pretty cheap, I bought a case of what I thought was light green (Aquaish color) and all the cans sprayed was a watery metallic green, that would explain the surplus price. Funny how you talk about Trutest "AVACADO" it is the only can that spells it that way instead of "Avocado" that you see on other cans. Glad to know the art of diggin for paint is still alive with some people. Ahh I didnt know that Wet Look was a separate brand. I haven't seen a can of that in twenty something years. Always thought Wet Paint & Wet Look were the same company. Believe it or not I dont dig for old paint. Most of the above was racked in the 80's except for the Growco which I traded paint for a very , very long time ago & the Hue which I found. I dont remember the Colorworks line much but I do remember racking that up in Micheals Craft & Hobibes. They didnt carry Rusto or Krylon at the time. Not sure what brands they carry now. Anyway I used that Dolphin Blue a few times way back then and it worked quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 bump. i use my paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune493 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Back in the day NYBCO had a fake JUNGLE GREEN that was BOOM BANGING..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 You talking about the Nybco Sprite Green, I have a couple cans of that now...and Benjamin Moore Had Their Utilac Parrot Green which was not that bad either I know one spot where I used to cop cans of that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveparesucksgasm Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 i thought spruce made a parrot green that looked alot like jungle green? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 Yeah spruce made them too, actually alot of can companies made lime greens, I know even KMART had their own lime green. Some older brands like Spray0namel also had lime greens, along with wet look and wet paint. Red Devil had a lime, and rusto had a lime in their speedy dry lime. I think Metal Man Ed has a pretty good collection of limes, I know he was collecting them a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysin Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 color works dolphin blue is dope. pretty thik. a ny fat works good. i had a grey an orange and a dark (like kyrylon regal) blue that were all dope. also a wheat color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zewlowski Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 slyle.......hit me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesecurd Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 i just found a can of color works rustfighter cadet blue, some of the best paint ive used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint2metal Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 A question for you old school paint junkies. I have several old Rusto Pound cans from late 80's. None of them work , and none of them had been ever used before. What would be the cause of them not working. I have much older Rustos then this that still work. Also one can had some clear brownish silicion-y looking stuff leaking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Yeah I get this alot with some older cans. It is as if the solvents in the tube have dried up, because the can still has pressure but nothing sprays. One thing you can try is a "blaster" cap. You can use the old style wd-40 cap, or take a stock cap, pull out the center piece and cut the notch on the stem so it can allow the most amount of paint to spray out. Sometimes when paint hardens in the valve this larger opening and free flowing cap will help clear it out. If all else fails there is always ebay..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint2metal Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Thanks, I'm going to try that out. Do you know about this gooey shit that leakes out. This has happen to some of my old paint including some Krylon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I've had that happen too, but only to my oldest krylons... it's almost like a resin that sweats out at the seams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint2metal Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Yeah its kind of freaky. I do get a little concerned that some of this old paint is going to explode on its own one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Road Trippin in the midwest, under $1 Industrial lime greens, glad the girl at the register did not know how to count.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Do you mean cans that leak like this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 NYBCO Sprite Green Epoxy, Utilac Parrot Green, Zynolyte Lime, Flecto Varathane Envy Green, Zynolyte Epoxy French Lime, and Generic Spray Paint Green, this is actually a generic version of Spruce Parrot Green, made by Seymour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Nybco Award Parrot Green, Illbronze Hobby Gaddabout Green, Illbronze Accent Lemon Lime, Plasticote Grenade Chartreuse, (IN BACK) Speedy Dry Lime Green, Wet Paint Groovy Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Plasticote soup cans...Spray Wax is dated 1948 made by plastictoe, Blacks are for trade/sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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