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My vote's for Krylon Ultra Flat Black.

I do pretty much all my spraying over the kitchen stove, under the fans that vent to the outside. The Krylon black is the only paint where the smell really bugs me. The other Krylon colors and primers are not Nearly so bad.

What spray paint, or other modeling product, has a smell that really bugs you the most?

I think zap a gap glue sometimes is really bad because when you first open it after it has been sitting for a while it about knocks me on my arse. Primer i would have to say Kilz is the worst now granted i dont use it on models but i do use it at work for water spots and such on drywall.

Tamiya or Testor flat // dull cote.

my god that smell is foul deadly. even after its dried i still keep it on another floor away from me.
Works great though :<

GW Foundation Paints are all pretty awful, as is Devlan Mud from the washes range.
EDIT: Mind you I just mean how they smell. As products they are all excellent, and I wouldn't want to hurt my precious Devlan Mud's feelings.

It's not worst smelling, but my Tamiya Fine Surface Primer smells like chocolate.

Pretty much the worst smelling gaming-related product I've ever encountered is the Mk 1 Gamer. The combination of Pringle-fart and old sweat is pretty much the nastiest thing ever, and I've seen little evidence that the manufacturers are doing anything to remedy this.

Hah! I just went over to check on the thing I'm spraying, and there was a fly laying on it, dead. Krylon Ultra Flat Black smells so bad it can gag a fly!

Worst ever.

The super effective 'Female Repellent' that must be used as a cleaner inside most gaming stores. Wait- not all game stores use cleaner.....it must be some other common carrier agent.....

Most of Reaper paints smell like death with extra defecation, but the worst spray primer is Armory. By FAR.

Also works the best.

I have some dodgy Japanese super glue that i used to use, worst smell ever, along with the fact that the glue is a bit corrosive so if you put on too much, it eas through the plastic...

"American Accents" brand Matte spray. I use it to take the shine off of dipped mini's (kind of like dul-cote). Works great, responds well to multiple applications, and is nice and cheap at the hardware store.

It's is a terrible kind of a sweet, sick, and burning smell. It's much worse than acetone based solvent glue.

Anything made Army Painter that comes in a can. I have smelt dead, bloated, body roasting in a closed up car in the hot North Carolina sun for three days that smell better then what comes out of their canned products.

I sware they need to change their product name from Army Painter to Can-O- .

No experience with spray paints, but I really hate the smell of Mordian blue.

On the other side, I think I could become a boltgun metal huffer.

for me, its my Tamiya colored spray. not so much the smell of them, as it is the strength of the "get high" factor that they have. Especially the one i just ran out of, Insignia White (which is a bloody shame since i was in the middle of painting up a land raider)

Another vote for testors dull/flat coat

Anyone remember the smell of the old citadel inks. They had a pretty strong smell.

UHU by far as far as I'm concerned

Psssh, none of these even come close. Try accidentally buying black FLOWER spray paint. (stupid store being outa krylon and me not paying attention to the budget brand)

Enjoy some wrecked models or lots of stripping.

GW's White Primer smelled something fierce.

I'm also putting my vote in for GWS foundation, specifically Mechrite Red. It's got this horrible sort of pungent earwax smell, but it's subtle, unlike zap-a-gap. Just a little repellant waft every once in a while whilst using it.

Ouze wrote:I'm also putting my vote in for GWS foundation, specifically Mechrite Red.

THIS. The most godawful smell never to be released from a sweaty orifice.