Aussie exports

[akro_one]

Just a couple questions for the aussies on board, is there any other 'hardware store paints' to consider or are exports the best cans you can get racking? I tried a can of 5star which pissed paint everywhere. Dont wanna spend money on ironlak just yet.

And do you take the caligraphy tips out or leave them in? I cant get em to spray thick enough when theyre in. Maybe I need to go slower I dunno

[Olibmx]

no exports arent the best you can rack, i have racked rusto's before

[akro_one]

Cant find any where I am :(

[vegimite on toast]

I don't know where you are but in NSW now cans are either by law locked up or behind the counter...

Exports are real nice for fills if you combine them with some better (belton, ironlak, dulux etc) cans for smaller effects and save the exports for the bulk of the fill.

...and if you find a place where its still easy to steal them then good on ya.

Some colours i like from export are;
silver and chrome
the baby pink
plum
sky blue
creation blue
matt black

You can use the fan tip for great fast fill ins and if you're really stingy you can do the paper trick with exports and use them as outlines...
You get a piece of paper...fold it over so its about the size of a stamp and a few layers thick. Cut a hole wide enough for the export "dick" and slip it over and put the cap back on...
The layer of paper makes it hard to press the cap completely down so you can get some pretty thin lines if you practice. I don't think its worth doing anymore (and haven't done it for ages) seeing as you can get a ironlak or crunch for 5 bucks but you can try it like i said, if you're mad stingy.

Yellow and white tend to be pretty watery.


Most paint in australia seems to be pretty expensive,
dulux (at bunnings) seems to be like 12...
fiddly bits (which is on par if not worse than export) seems to go for up to 9 bucks at bunnings...
plasticotes and other brands are up there too,
duplicolours (the car paint at supercheap) is generally pretty good but pricey and non female

Basically what i've noticed is there generally isn't a good quality paint with a female valve system that goes for a cheap price...
besides....even if there was chances are if you're in NSW (and not living out in wingwangnowhere) they'd have it locked up....

I haven't seen krylon or rusto for sale here and the only time i've used it was some stock of old cans from about 10 years ago. It used to be stocked here from what i have heard but i don't see it at all...

If you want to paint cheaply my suggestion is this, export fills and ironlak or crunch/aeroskills for effects/outline.

If you can still rack exports good, if not they're only 3 to 3.50 a tin plus a graffiti brand paint for outline and effects are 5-6 bucks (4.50 i've seen ironlak on special)....So if you buy it all you're looking at maybe 15-20 for a few pieces depending how exconomical you are...

If you still know a place to rack take advantage and don't heat it out...
or if you're in some state where the lockup/behind counter laws aren't policy yet....take advantage while you can!!

Really the new laws for locking up tins are sad cause not only does it make painting an expensive thing to do, you no longer get good stories of how people would go store to store get 50-60 cans like it was nothing. It basically leaves your only options for stealing paint being actually breaking in to a store (which is an overkill if you ask me) or rolling people for their paint. Haha just waiting for the day i read in the paper about armed holdups for spraypaint...

[MARTYRaz]

just spent the 4$ on ironlak..not a bad investment..

[akro_one]

Cheers for writing that up vegimite, dunno bout that paper trick though, haha. I gave in and bought a couple ironlaks so ill use up the exports for fill ins.

See how i go anyway.
Yeah in tas i havent seen any places that lock up their paint... yet... 50-60 cans is pushin it for me though, haha.

[faser]

They made spray paint practically illegal in aus now. Fuck they made permanent markers illegal -_-

price wise, exports are similar to laks here... and aeroskills/crunch are maybe 50c-$1 more expensive than exports. but if u can rack them good on ya, i know some places like hot dollar dont cage cans up (they just put them on high shelves lol)

try bunnings out, they have whole shelves of paint, they only put a shitty small digit lock on it, u cud wait till someone else wants to get it open then look at what number the assistant puts in or you cud just cut it open.....

tassy, i remember goin to there loose change records shop.. haha

[vegimite on toast]

I drew a diagram to better explain that paper trick seeing as i doubt anybody actually even does it anymore so I don't mind sharing it... it does work well after you get used to it...

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8452/deletem.jpg

Once its on there it restricts you to pretty much half pressure seeing as its hard to push the nib down far...
I used to do this when i would paint only with exports but haven't done it it years
I think you can buy female caps from graff stores now that would fit export but i dont know how well they'd work.

As for racking...like the dude above me...bunnings...
Seriously, if they dont lock up paint in TAS then bunnings is a goldmine....
Usually they have garden sections which are outdoors with large fences around them.
Most have loading gates in these fences which have a considerable gap underneath them which you can roll tins under.
Fill up a basket and go roll them out to your buddy on the other side. Its good cause if you go at the right time the garden is pretty quiet with minimum staff and no cameras.

[vegimite on toast]

Oh yeah and if you're in hobart...best avoid that ni99a called rezin
i heard he bench presses cinder bricks and doesn't order sauce on his subs at subway
believe dat

[faser]

Nice diagram haha
maybe you cud just stick some hot glue on it or something
fuck
maybe you could just buy some good paint! :p

and i heard about this crew in sydney called DMS, apparently theyre crazy cunts who kill people over graffiti... just sayin'

[akro_one]

Oh yeah and if you're in hobart...best avoid that ni99a called rezin
i heard he bench presses cinder bricks and doesn't order sauce on his subs at subway
believe dat

no sauce no his subs? WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? :eek:
Yeah ive seen some of his stuff around.
Only know 1 other writer in tassie and hes up north

[nekid]

hit up kasino is brisbane, owns the record store called butter beats in the valley where he sells paint, markers, clothing, canvas, train canvases....etc.

[EGO31]

Oh yeah and if you're in hobart...best avoid that ni99a called rezin
i heard he bench presses cinder bricks and doesn't order sauce on his subs at subway
believe dat
I actually laughed at this. I love you, vege.

Umm, if you're in tas. Go chicken feed, K and D. All rackable, all cheap.

WD 40 caps are the fucking bomb, brom fine line to an old ironlak stock tip. Just awesome as fuck.

[EGO31]

no sauce no his subs? WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? :eek:
Yeah ive seen some of his stuff around.
Only know 1 other writer in tassie and hes up north

I'm down south fool.





Sorry for double post.

[akro_one]

Go chicken feed

Haha chickenfeed is where its at

[jape-the-nape]

They made spray paint practically illegal in aus now. Fuck they made permanent markers illegal -_-

price wise, exports are similar to laks here... and aeroskills/crunch are maybe 50c-$1 more expensive than exports. but if u can rack them good on ya, i know some places like hot dollar dont cage cans up (they just put them on high shelves lol)

try bunnings out, they have whole shelves of paint, they only put a shitty small digit lock on it, u cud wait till someone else wants to get it open then look at what number the assistant puts in or you cud just cut it open.....

tassy, i remember goin to there loose change records shop.. haha
when did you come down?

screw launnie man haha,loose change never had much stock apparently,they closed down a while ago too
but they are opening another jimmys skate shop in launnie now,the one in hobart stocks a couple brand of paint,along with markers,caps,books,magazines and some otha shit...so hopefully the graff scene picks up a little bit in launnie now that theyre finnaly gonna have theyre first constant supplier of good paint

if your ever in hobart look for the blue stairs in the mall,or just hitup jimmys skate for some laks

oh yeah,and exports are the shit,havnt used them in along time..
heres some old export trash
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/jape-shizle/soul-1.jpg
this ones all exports except the outline/keyline colors
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/jape-shizle/DSC04293-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/jape-shizle/DSC04478.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/jape-shizle/DSC04435.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/jape-shizle/DSC04306.jpg
this last one on the left,i think it was a export with one of those yellow dots you get off the degreaser-a product of aussie exports
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/jape-shizle/DSC04282.jpg

[EGO31]

Cap's for exports. That aren't the stocks obviously.
I'll start.


WD 40. Already mentioned. One of my favourites, never clogs and always consistent. Hard edge, slightly bigger than a grey dot.


Mr Sheen. Fine line, soft edges. Bout the size of a gold dot, maybe a little bigger.

Degreaser Yellow dot. Meh..... Shitty Personally don't lik 'em. Inconsistent line with splattery edges.




Post up Aussies! If anyone knows a decent fat cap, that'd be rad.

[akro_one]

Yeah I need to get some WD40 caps, only ever used the stocks and they suck. As for fats I was thinking of trying a cap from a deoderant can..dont know if theyll work with an export can though

[jape-the-nape]

hey ego i dunno whats wrong with your yellow dots but mine come out clean as fuck
though i would not outline a piece with one(for the fact it is exports)

but check out a old thread on tasflow i made

i made up a tutorial on how to fit rusto NY fats on exports cans,no leaks,no overspray

[EGO31]

Real? Pm the link. I'll get a couple o' cats to vouch.

[homeless bum]

you could just go to bunnings and go to the ile behind the caged paint, and only the front of the ile is caged but if you go around the back in the ile you cant pull them off the shelf from the back and they wont even notice if any paint is missing, and if they bag check at the door go to the gardening area and use there exit as they hardly bag check.

[CameronSaysHi]

WD 40 caps are the fucking bomb, brom fine line to an old ironlak stock tip. Just awesome as fuck.

Hah, never thought of trying WD-40 caps but will definately give them a go as I can't be bothered always scavenging for caps for the lack of a paint store around here.

But yeah, my mates love export for flares but I have the same problem as OP with not being to get them to come out thick enough. Fiddly bits is pretty much the same as export to me.
If you come across 'Kolour' the tins that Ironlak make they're heaps good and cheap too but have rather few colours.

A mate of mine always racks Dulux from bunnings, just get a big bag that has double layered material and cut a slit in one so it makes a 'secret pocket' for your shit (very good for when you get pulled up by the 5-0 as well)
and depending on the size of the bag it should atleast fit 2 tins. Just ask the guys to open the cage for you and they'll walk off, grab a couple tins and if your paranoid enough buy like 1 tin so you don't seem too red hot.

Alternatively, just climb to the top of the cage and reach over and grab some or like someone said here you can grab them from the back of shelves. Either way i love my Ironlak :)

[Calm One]

Sorry to be such a newbie! Where the hell are you getting Ironlak for $4? I'm in Melbourne where the whole street art/graffiti style seems to be exploding, but don't know where to get good paint cheap. Any heads up? Cheers

[Hudsoy]

Lad, exports are mint, twist the red bit on the cap to a slant so its calligraphy. I had a silver 5 star, was the fattest chrome i've ever used, didn't 'piss' paint negatively.
go to bunnings and rack plastie coats.

[tyl3r]

racking the paint from behind the shelves is a sick idea!!! i get exports for $3.95 at my local and i really only use the chrome and black. but after seeing some of those export pieces i might try an entire export piece just for shits and giggles

on the topic of caps for export: the yellow sekt cap adapters fit on export and work sick with an NY fat, Cyclone Fat or Vegan skinny.

OzGraff has few female caps that you can purchase too if you want to. http://ozgraff.com/category.php?id_category=14

[kioskonee]

You can get dulux which is fairly good from bunnings fairly easily. Get one of them green 'eco' bags nd go to the paint section and load it up when theres no one looking. Dulux purple is fairly fresh. Walk out into the gardening section and jump the fence. Exports are shitty but they do the job. Chromes are actualy pretty good for fills, i still use them for my pieces and the gloss black is alright. exports are best for bombing. you can fill quick with the fan nib if you turn it and then use a sek adaptor with a ny fatty for the outline. you can get about 4-5 throwwies rockin with one tin of chrome and one of black.
As for racking them...you can get them pretty easy from any asian store. just gotta be quick and smart about it

[twisties]

Never seen dulux cheap. It's always expensive here.

Export go on sale quite often at places like Autobarn, Chickenfeed (sometimes) and Auto Repairs..And usually the deals are for x amount of cans will cost you $ and you save some money.

[merskue]

Yeah WD Caps are great for exports, Glen 20 Desanitizar caps go well too, give a great outline cap and if anyone's tried Art primo's fat cap, they're great for flaring and filling. By The way, has anyone tried the Gloss White Export? 80% of the time it clogs up.

[Mad_serious]

FUCK!!! Exports are dope for hold back outline sharp lines, otherwise they are good for wild style bombing, fills on the other hand, you will need a converter from male to female to get a fat cap on that male can. If you're keen for a rack, go to bunnings super hardware warehouse, the place is well dope for a rack and run. if you want to be skilled at this rack, find some ones receipt and take some of those fucking cans back and get some fucking cash, they got some good stupid hardware ranges their which is good for all sorts of skill arrangements, if you want to get a fucking shit hoe ass job and buy cans like ironlak from a store, You are not even fucking trying, it's like giving a toy an ironlak and making think they got skill cause it was just given to them by default of the style that ironlak application works. If you really want to get better in australia, you cant just rely on just one brand.

[BennyBoii]

exports are the way 2 go for hollows and handies and the royal blue destroys on a light surface :D

[Segadoway]

I've used brake cleaner, ironing starch and degreaser for caps on export, comes out alright, but that shit runs out really fast, and it varies a lot with can to can, some brake cleaner caps will come out really nice, and others just piss paint all over the shop.

[chuckborris]

aussie exports are sick, the light blue and pink are pretty tight, plus supercheap always have deals 4 for 10bucks gotta be stoked at that

[smokeitup]

anyone know why they stopped making crunch paint.