Majic Paints.

[Ol 54']

Picked up a gallin of Majic paint from Tractor Supply and I had a manager looking for me the reducer that was called out on the can which was Majic Reducer and he said there was none available, course living in Calif. it doesn't surprise me and he told me to go to a paint store to check with them, not much luck there eighther, so what do you Painters think would be the alternative reducer and the mixing ratio?

 

[Stephen Newell]

It's an alkyd enamel, generally you thin it with mineral spirits or naphtha which isn't sold in California. If you can find it there you could use terpentine. If you are trying to spray it and it's too thick to spray sometimes if you heat it the paint will spray. You can't heat it with the lid on it so you would need to set the can in a tall side pan and pour hot water around it.

I'm surprised you can even buy an alkyd enamel in California, I think I would suspect it's old enough to predate the environmental regulations. You might get lucky, in recent years paint has gotten so watered down you don't need to thin it to spray anyway. It works better if it's thick enough it splatters a little when you spray it. It dries slow enough to flow out before it sets up. It makes for a better sheen than if you thin it to spray wet.

 

[601Al]

I’ve been very happy using acetone for enamel. It dries faster than naphtha in my opinion.