VHT SP652 All-Weather Epoxy Paint – Satin Black Spray Paint – 11 oz Aerosol Can

First, thanks to those who answered my questions. I have a 1/4" steel 20"x20" cover over a recessed septic cover. It was originally in 2015 and by now had minor scratches and I could see the primer through. I painted it with 5 coats (the entire can) and it has a really great finish and looks great. Hopefully it will be durable through light foot traffic, snow, sun, and all the rest of the environmental factors. The sprayer leaves a REALLY nice coat and was easy to use. I caution that it's very smelly, so best to do it outside, if warm enough and not windy. I did this in my under-house garage that is separate from the rest of the house and you could still smell it a day later.

This is my favorite paint for suspension and anything under the car or exposed to elements. It is highly durable, dries fast, and is more or an epoxy coating which stands up to the elements. Smooth texture, and more forgiving over other paints when spraying. Read the directions on coats.Make sure to use outdoor in a well ventelated area or with a mask.

I have an old beaten browning HP mark III, which came with factory epoxy coating. I thought of blueing it or perhaps parkerizing, but then decided to restore it as close as original, and then found this epoxy coating in a can!Blasted the frame and slide, light buff with fine grit sandpaper and gave it light coats. The nozzle is great, one of the best I have found in spray cans, does not clog, even and good spraying. After several coats with few minutes in between to allow it a quick dry, I did not want to wait for several days for it to harden, so I figured that since the can says it withstands temperature up to 120 C, I baked the parts at about 100 C for an hour and a half, and let them cool at room temperature for a couple of hours. Parts were safe to handle, and allowed full assembly without any marks of problems. I let the gun sit for a few days as I could not test it, and it looks and works perfectly. I am a bit curious as to how much it will last or resistance to kydex / plastic holsters, I have not used it yet as I want to be sure it is fully cured before trying, but so far, so good, and gun looks awesome, almost like a factory finish. Very happy!

Couldn't be happier with this paint. No dripping (except slightly where I didn't remove grease properly - more about that below) and very fast drying. I painted four 16" car wheels with about one and a half can, two light layers and one wet coat as per the instructions, plus a bit extra to make sure I really covered it all, and one layer on the back of the wheel.Now, as far as my comment about dripping goes, I made the mistake to sand and clean two wheels still attached to the car while I was waiting for the paint to dry on the other two which I had cleaned horizontally. Even though I took care to use a liberal amount of grease and wax remover and to wipe the two vertical wheels well, when I put the first coat on (after removing the wheels and putting them down flat), there were two spots where the paint didn't attach properly at first. No big deal for me, but now you know. If I had to do it again, I wouldn't rush it.After reading some comments about the paint being very thin, I made sure to shake the cans for almost twice as long as the suggested one minute. My experience was that the paint came out easily and evenly, not thin at all. I had purchased a separate nozzle attachment to prevent accidents but I didn't need it at all. The nozzle also allowed me to spray pretty accurately. I couldn't really get everything out of the can because of the angle I had to spray at, but other than that this was as painless a paint job as I could have dreamed of. Highly recommended.

Been using this for years, it gives a simple satin finish which is super durable for paint, like, near powder coating levels of durability.It is however very finicky in terms of temps and really only works well in a pretty narrow range.Too cold or too hot and it'll get runny and spray horribly, get it in the zone and it's magic.Good product once you learn the downfalls.

Real epoxy is resistant to most all solvents once cured. This paint, even after a week of curing, resists no solvents. Acetone dissolves it, alcohol does, and, what started it all, all kinds of contact cement. Am restoring old car, used this VHT "Epoxy" paint to coat many pieces of trim that get covered in vinyl. I stripped old pieces, wire wheeled rust off, used wax grease remover, sprayed with two-part epoxy primer (the real stuff.) Once primer was cured, I scuffed it, cleaned, and applied the VHT as per directions. Once fully cured for 7 days, I prepared to affix the vinyl covering to trim. I applied my Weldwood contact cement and found this VHT junk crinkled up and lifted from the (real) epoxy primer in minutes. So I tried Goop automotive contact cement, E6000 adhesive, regular rubber cement – all made this VHT crinkle up and separate. Big mess, hours of wasted time. In removing the VHT for repaint with real epoxy paint (KlassKote two-part), I found that acetone dissolved the VHT quickly (all of it, not just the melted areas), so did alcohol more slowly. This paint goes on nice and looks good once dry, but it's pure junk as far as acting like a real epoxy paint and resisting solvents.

Perfect

Really liked the coverage. The color was perfect. Very tough painy. Dries quick. Sticks well to rust. Great product. Great price for such an awesome product. Will buy again.