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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:56 pm
'68 Coronet R/T wrote:What gun, tip size and settings did you use?
How far from the surface did you hold the gun?
What temperature (speed) was your reducer and activator?
What temperature in the booth?


Without the answers to these questions all you will get is guesses as to what happened and how to fix it.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:03 pm
Robert, acrylic enamel poly/metallic is very hard to spray. I suspect you have the fluid control too open or the air pressure is too low, or the paint is under-reduced. What are your intentions; to sand it smooth and cover with a lighter glamor coat? That will work but it's difficult to do unless you've sprayed lots of acrylic enamel in the past. What you see is what you get with A/E, and there's no going back to repair mistakes. If it was a non-poly solid color, A/E would be fine to use, but A/E metallics are very tough to spray.

It'll cost more, but a better solution would be to sand it smooth, cover with a urethane basecoat, and then clearcoat....
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:19 am
In looking further, Omni MAE seems to be intended for collision repair. It's a fast drying acrylic enamel paint and not really suited for an all-over paint job.

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