Ratings & Reviews for Krylon COLORmaxx Matte Deep Gray Spray Paint and Primer In One (NET WT. 12-oz)

bad nozzle design

paint covers well, nozzle clogs up quickly rendering half or better of the can un-usable. took a case of cans to do the job of what should have been 3 cans. very disappointed.

Spray paint

This cover very easly and usually one coat will do the trick. Very friendly does run easily.

worst product ever

It is impossible to paint multiple layers. Complete messed up. I have waited for 3 days, still stinky and sticky.

Looks good!

I felt a little obligated to leave a review because I came across so many bad ones. It actually worked good for me and helped me transform an old cherry wood book shelf into something more modern. I just cleaned the surface with hot water and a rag, waited about 15 minutes, and spray painted it. I stand at a distance and spray paint very gently. I did about two coats then I wait about 20 minutes and come do two more coats. I touched up another coat about an hour later. I let it dry in a well v...

Wrong color

I purchased the gloss burgandy of this product. Am glad I sprayed a bt elsewhere than on the product I wanted to paint. Burgandy is actually a fire engine red. Beware!! Can't recommend which color you should buy if you want a burgandy finish. In these high tech days, this should not happen.

Frustrated

Been a crafter for ever and this time of year is the busiest with fleamarket and craft shows. What's the deal with the paint (no matter how hard or long can is shook)paint starts ok then these huge blobs. I buy 10-15 cans of paint each week...have been loyal customer for years but I can't keep redoing projects because the paint goes crazy. This is very costly to my sales and my pocket book.

A word of caution about color coating this product

Caution, this product cannot be clear coated after it dries. As i was told by an expert on the help line "If you wish to clear coat this product you MUST clear coat within an hour of your last color coat". If you allow the color coat to dry past this point - even after the 48 hour dry time, your paint will crinkle. I wanted to top coat this paint with a UV clear coat but was also told by the expert that this product provides UV protection itself, however, this information regarding UV protection...

There's a problem with this product

I've been using this for 6-7 years, 10+ cases a month and the latest mix has some terrible problems. Bad enough that I've started a case with Krylon on it. Color and shine isn't consistent between batches, it is too aggressive, even after 3-4 days of drying in a temperature controlled shop it eats through and wrinkles up the original coat ruining the entire project. What I use the most is Cherry Red that I think they have made for well over 50 years and they have dropped it from the Fusion line....

Color Not Accurate

Rich Plum is more like a deep lilac. Quality of paint and flow of spray is great. But color isn’t as represented on the cap (even after apply SEVERAL coats and allowing the cure for 2 days). Color is a little girl’s purple. I am very disappointed and extremely frustrated - not sure what to do to get the deeper, more adult purple that I wanted.

Impossible to work with in multiple coats

I'm working with a four color project using this paint and it's been a horrible experience. I have waited anywhere from 24-48 hours between coats and this paint just continues to wrinkle no matter what I do. Forcing me to sand it off and basically start over. The colors that are finished don't seem to like tape either....leaves horrible marks even after the paint has dried a week, but I'm sure not going to try and put another coat on. Other products dry slower but at least they work.

Great Spray Paint

I use this Krylon for plastic hobby modeling and it works great - goes on smoothly and evenly, bonds well and leaves a fine finish. It's a nice deep gray color.

This product has nice bold colors that are capable of withstanding the test of time .

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Colormax has created quite a great product. After careful review I have determined I would have no problem recommending colormax to any of my friends or family. I used emerald green on a project that my son was doing for school We spray painted on wood that ended up really being tested after being left in the weather both rain and heat. The color lasted great it did not feed or chip what is color at all.

Bring Valspar Spray Paint Back!!!

Beware, Horrible Blotchy Paint! I have spray painted furniture etc for years and this has been the worst experience ever. Used on our Garage Cabinets after sanding them down to bare wood. What a waste of time/labor and money (9 cans)! Even an employee at the paint dept. today said, she had recently used this paint and didn't like it and wished they would of kept the Valspar brand. Wish I would of known, grrr. Well, now you do, BEWARE!

My bakyard house look preaty

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I used this to paint my back yard house and looks incredible, beautiful and shinny

Don't use this on styrene plastic

You can't put this on thin enough.It's been formulated to dry quickly. If you put on a decent layer that doesn't look like orange peel , it crazes. It crazes because the surface of the new paint that's exposed to air drys so fast the volatiles in the paint below get trapped then bubble out or crack the dried part, ie crazing. I've spent hours getting two square feet of a model boat surface to look decent - still not there. I'm throwing my hands up and will sand it completely off and use a diffe...

Gloss Global Blue 5520 not available?

We used ColorMaxx Gloss True Blue on my son's Pinewood Derby car and it looks great. I want to use Gloss Global Blue to paint another car but can't seem to find it anywhere. I can't find it online. Our local Lowes and Walmart don't carry it. I'm starting to wonder if this product was ever released to the public. Yet, it still appears on the Krylon website. It's a mystery.

Great colors, fragile paint.

If you are painting outdoor furniture that you want to look beautiful while standing up to use, look elsewhere. This paint is VERY fragile. I took on what I thought was going to be a fun project restoring some old aluminum patio chairs that looked cool but were in bad shape. I completely stripped and sanded the metal the primed with a Krylon primer for bare metal. I could have chosen a boring oil-based color, but the Colormaxx colors were fun so that's what I went with. I then laid down 3 coa...

Great color

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Colormaxx spray paint I received was in red. It was easy to use and I was able to paint an entire drawer with all the cans I received. Of course when using spray paint its better to do the job outside. The red spray paint has lasted awhile it has come off a bit if you scratch it but other than that the color is still a bright red color.