Quote: If you have to have a special color mixed, which requires the can to be shaken, there is a simple process to remove (ALL) bubbles. If you don't have time to just wait, you can achieve the same (actualy better) results by pulling a vacuum on the paint for 30 minutes - 1 hour. There are several methods of doing this, but the easiest and (least scientific) is to hook a strong bilge pump to a hose going into the top of your paint can. The seal needs to be (of course) air tight, but that will definately get rid of all bubbles in your paint. The more scientific way is actually fun to watch; you place your paint in glass jar so you can see the bubbles; sit the glass jar on a table; place a LARGE bell jar over the glass jar full of paint. Cut a hole in the table and pass an air hose through the hole (we used threaded fittings). Hook the hose to a pump and once you started pulling a vacuum, you can see all the air bubbles go to the top of the jar and disappear. This process is used by the defense dept to apply tough finishes to cruise missles, etc... (Not classified info by the way..)
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That does work, that's how I removed the bubbles from the RTV I used on the solar panels I built. Had to remove the bubbles because a bubble would expand in space (on a satellite) and crack/break the solar cells potentially making the whole array useless.
