Retributor Armor Spray being the consistency of water

[Skywrath]

Anyone else had this problem? On top of this, instead of the glorious golden sheen, it's more akin to a bronzey-kind of gold with no lustre whatsoever. And to think I paid 50 AUD for it. 

[pawl]

It might sound like an obvious question, but has the can been properly shaken?

If not, shake it until your arm goes numb, then swap hands and do it again. Let the can sit for five or ten minutes in a bowl of warm water, then shake again and try out a test spray. =]

[Skywrath]

I shook that can for a good 5m, so unless shaking it made it worse, no, I do not think that was a mistake I made.

[Imren]

When shake it, do you hear the ball bearing clanking around in the bottle?

 

With the risk of sounding like an ass; For the price of 4 GW spraycans (ca 200 AUD), you can get a complete beginner's airbrush setup (which is as good as expensive setups for the purpose of priming and base coating and can serve a long time despite cheap chinese products).

 

I was using spraycans like many of us way back for priming (and basecoating marines) way back but now I'm a convert.

 

You have much stronger control of the paint spray pattern and spray quality. You could decant the GW can into a bottle and store it that way and airbrush it instead. I'm sure you can salvage the can (mix up the paint better) and see if the quality improves if you instead airbrush the decanted paint (I thinks so).

Edited January 21, 2021 by Imren

[battle captain corpus]

I use Retributor for a couple of projects and never had an issue with it. But sometimes you do get the odd batch!

 

As with all rattle cans there is a number of things to take into account:

- Humidity

- Temperature (both of the can and where you spray)

- Wind

- Age of can

 

Once you've narrowed it down to any of these then go from there...or just ring GW customer services, they're famous for resolving things quickly. :)

 

BCC

[Karhedron]

The first can of Retributor I got came out with a texture like sand. I returned it to the store and got a replacement which worked fine. It is possible you have got a bad can. If you take and a model you have sprayed with it to your store, they should replace it free of charge (assuming stores are physically open in your area).

One thing I have noticed is that the shade is not quite a perfect match for the stuff in the pots. It seems to be slightly paler and less of a warm orangey tone than the pots. However, as a basecoat for large areas of gold, it works fine. I painted my Sanguinary Guard with it and they turned out pretty well.

[Xenith]

Have an ongoing issue with GW customer services on this. I had a bad, watery batch too - and by watery, I mean too much solvent, not enough paint. Shook for long enough, right distance, melted my model. Take photos, keep the receipt. 

[Skywrath]

When shake it, do you hear the ball bearing clanking around in the bottle?

With the risk of sounding like an ass; For the price of 4 GW spraycans (ca 200 AUD), you can get a complete beginner's airbrush setup (which is as good as expensive setups for the purpose of priming and base coating and can serve a long time despite cheap chinese products).

I was using spraycans like many of us way back for priming (and basecoating marines) way back but now I'm a convert.

You have much stronger control of the paint spray pattern and spray quality. You could decant the GW can into a bottle and store it that way and airbrush it instead. I'm sure you can salvage the can (mix up the paint better) and see if the quality improves if you instead airbrush the decanted paint (I thinks so).

That I did. Airbrushing is something I will definitely get into when I move places, spending less money on those capitalist pigs is always a bonus.

I use Retributor for a couple of projects and never had an issue with it. But sometimes you do get the odd batch!

As with all rattle cans there is a number of things to take into account:

- Humidity

- Temperature (both of the can and where you spray)

- Wind

- Age of can

Once you've narrowed it down to any of these then go from there...or just ring GW customer services, they're famous for resolving things quickly.

BCC

All of which were factored when I shook the can. While the humidity in Brisbane is usually high, the only thing of note was a reasonably windy day. But I sprayed in windier/more humid days and it still worked out identical to a day where the wind wasn't prevaliant. The can was brand new.

The first can of Retributor I got came out with a texture like sand. I returned it to the store and got a replacement which worked fine. It is possible you have got a bad can. If you take and a model you have sprayed with it to your store, they should replace it free of charge (assuming stores are physically open in your area).

One thing I have noticed is that the shade is not quite a perfect match for the stuff in the pots. It seems to be slightly paler and less of a warm orangey tone than the pots. However, as a basecoat for large areas of gold, it works fine. I painted my Sanguinary Guard with it and they turned out pretty well.

That, word for word, is exactly what happened and was the result - grainy! Thanks! Liquid at first, sand towards the end. Problem is I used maybe about 60% of the can, thinking it's my fault, so I'm not sure whether I can get a refund. My GW store is particularly greedy, so I'm not particularly keen on returning and then having to hammer that message home that their product was faulty. It's worth a shot though, I still got about 12 or so Wardens sprayed with that can + more figurines that should present a "reasonable argument". Problem is that a reasonable argument holds no sway with unreasonable people. I'm not too fussed on color though, despite the spray being spray, the paint on it went on no problems. In fact it probably gave a deeper gold colour rather than if I went over it with wraithbone.

Have an ongoing issue with GW customer services on this. I had a bad, watery batch too - and by watery, I mean too much solvent, not enough paint. Shook for long enough, right distance, melted my model. Take photos, keep the receipt.

Will do!