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August 23, 2005 12:03 AM

Broken: Krylon lid design

NewkrylonliddesignBrian Weaver writes:

I have used Krylon products for years, especially their fixative products and more recently their spray paints. The product while excellent has a major package design flaw.

The new lid design is supposed to make opening the spray can easy, however the positioning of the indentations creates a pinch effect on the lid making a firm grip almost impossible, and as you pinch and pull according to the instructions your fingers of course slip off, sometimes painfully.

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Comments:

that lady in the vonage ad could open it no problem.

Posted by: gmangw at August 23, 2005 12:39 AM

"I am Krylon. I am a god, Krylon. I am a hippie god."

/obscure reference

Posted by: Hoki at August 23, 2005 02:48 AM

But then you could use the fixative to close your wounds! Not broken!

/sarcasm

Posted by: Fayth at August 23, 2005 07:27 AM

I actually like the new cap design. BTW if you ever look at a can of the Krylon Metal effects paint, the tempature you're suppoesed to apply it in is something like 60 - 9000 degrees. Typo for the win!

Posted by: Joshua Wood at August 23, 2005 08:55 AM

Use a screwdriver.

Posted by: Bob at August 23, 2005 03:13 PM

You hold the can and push the cap off with your thumb. Ta-da -- one-handed opening!

Posted by: rich at August 23, 2005 03:14 PM

Maybe you are supposed to pinch hard enough to make the lid pop off without having to pull much. (it could have been designed by a body builder) :)

Posted by: Sean P at August 23, 2005 06:28 PM

yeah those have always been a problem here is what to do: nail the can to a two by four and wrap the cap with a chain. connect the chain to a ford 350 supercab dually (anything less will cause tire to spin or dig a hole to china) rev it in neutral and jam it into gear. when finished clean the paint out of the nozzle

Posted by: fuov at August 23, 2005 09:22 PM

fuov - I love it! The only thing you left out was the duct tape.

Posted by: Amber at August 24, 2005 08:08 AM

Just have a tagger help...they have no problem opening them!

Posted by: NoTagging at August 25, 2005 05:11 PM

Tagger? As in Lyon & Tagger?

Posted by: PatheticPeripatetic at August 25, 2005 05:42 PM

Hey, come you overpaid engineers !! Get it right for once. How many Polacks does it take to design a freakin' cap on a spray paint can that doesn't take Hulk Hogan to open ? Geez !!!!!!

Posted by: JB at August 25, 2005 06:36 PM

I've used those cans, And I didn't have any problem opening them. just grip it as it tells you and open like you were breaking something in half. DUH!

Posted by: Sido at August 30, 2005 09:13 PM

Bizarre. I had this exact issue this morning while using some Krylon spray paint. I thought... hmmm, this cap is opens very awkwardly!! I am happy to see others have noticed this!

Posted by: jak at February 24, 2006 06:38 PM

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