Hi Guys,
Kind of stumped here now. I shot base and clear on some bike parts yesterday. The base laid down nice with no hint of peel. I followed the TDS for timing between coats and the temps. I proceeded to lay 3 coats of clear, again following the directions. All looked good as I closed the door and kept heat in the room all night at around 75'. Looked at them this morning and it has more peel than I have had in the recent past. Same gun, settings, temps and materials. The ONLY thing that was different was that I don't have the ventilation sorted out yet so there was a lot of overspray in the room. The finish has a great shine (high gloss HD vivid black) and it does not look dry by any means. If I didn't know better, I would guess that the clear just didn't atomize coming out of the gun. The easiest solution for me I feel is to let it really dry for a couple of days and hit it with 800 grit and shoot another 2 coats of clear. Thoughts??
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Any idea why it happened? I really thought I was past "peely" finishes LOL. Quite humbling. |
It's hard to say without seeing the surface.
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Same temp, mixture etc. It was however a it more humid (T-Storm brewing later in the day--but I did have dry heat in the shop). After really looking them over in good light, it is not as bad as I thought. Still not entirely happy but it's only a few areas and from 24" you cannot see anything wrong. Super shiny--nice color for sure. Truthfully, if it was a metallic like I normally shoot, I doubt I would be saying anything bad about it. This was my first non metallic black job. |
Big difference in the way the clear looks between a metallic and BLACK! Metallic kind of busts up things.....black is not forgiving....
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Makes sense. I found out I had a bit of a leak on my water separator....I checked pressure at the gun at the start but did not after that. I may have been a few lb low during most of the shoot. I just shot a guitar today and made certain of the pressure. I'll see how that looks tomorrow. |
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