I just shot a clear PPG DCU2021 and right after one heavy coat looked at my work bench and saw I did not but in the hardner. What can I do now?
Thanks
Car look great other then that.
Clear Coat Mistake Help!!!!
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let it dry and sand it back off
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Ouch! I've done that before myself. Let it dry and dont sand into your base coat.
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me my self and i would sand it all off and put on more base . i would hate to know that soft clear might cause a prombile down the road it could ture loose and then it would come off it self
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I'm sorry and I know you don't want to hear this but I agree with Pardue. It's got to come off.
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I'm not an expert, but have you talk with the PPG rep? I can not believe that this has not happened many times before. What does PPG suggest? Do they have a method to chemically remove the clearcoat with out damaging the base coat in this situation?
Just my 2 cents and good luck with your project. Also, keep us posted on what you finally do, I would like to know. Best regards Stacey ***********************
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The PPG rep say's to let it set up for a few days and then to lightly sand it with 800 grit and reshoot the clear.
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I made that mistake once and just said f*** it and just re-clearcoated over it and everything turnd out just fine. That was about 5 years back and it's still just fine.
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The best thing to do is mix up more clear with 1/3 extra hardner and
shoot a coat over the clear with no hardner, as long as the first coat of no activator clear was still wet. This will help it cure. I cannot imagine clear getting hard enough to work over with out activator(hardner). I would not spray a full wet coat...merely a tack coat to help cure the clear...then let dry a long time before recoat. (like a week @ 80 degrees) |
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