cmfisher4
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Here's a good one: First time laying down base coat (SPI medium red). The stuff is really easy to paint and I'm more than happy with my results. However, I had a specific problem, due to a rookie mistake, that may have screwed me and I'm looking for some direction (or reassurance).
I masked off the boot area with plastic because I had already shot it in Raptor Liner and then, on Thursday (8/22), I layed down my reduced epoxy sealer coat. I came back today (8/24) to shoot my base coat and when I got near the boot, the epoxy that had dried on the plastic started to flake off due to the air pressure from the gun and some settled on my now-wet base coat. I really didn't know what to do, so I finished up my first coat (I had started at the front, so I was nearly done). The flakes were about the size of a pencil eraser and there were a dozen or so of them. Not cool.
After letting the paint set up for about 30 minutes, I took 1000-grit sandpaper to these areas as well as a grey scuff pad and sanded the epoxy flakes away, but not all the way down to the actual sealing epoxy. I shot my second coat.
I don't have a picture of the results, but the outlines of the epoxy flakes are obvious in the second coat. I also had some trash and one pretty good run after the second coat, so I decided to stop there for the day and regroup, hopefully to come back tomorrow, fix the problems, and put down two more coats (per the tech manual).
Do you think that the outline of the epoxy flakes are showing up because it just needs more paint to cover it, or do you think I'm screwed? I could not see the outlines after I sanded, so maybe there is some chemical reaction thing going on? This is my very first paint job and, frankly, I'd rather cover it as good as I can and live with it than take the base all back off and start over on this panel. While I would love it to be perfect, I'm a realist and only ever hoped for something better than a 20-foot paint job.
Thanks so much,
Chris
Here's a shot just to show you. The color is awesome!
I masked off the boot area with plastic because I had already shot it in Raptor Liner and then, on Thursday (8/22), I layed down my reduced epoxy sealer coat. I came back today (8/24) to shoot my base coat and when I got near the boot, the epoxy that had dried on the plastic started to flake off due to the air pressure from the gun and some settled on my now-wet base coat. I really didn't know what to do, so I finished up my first coat (I had started at the front, so I was nearly done). The flakes were about the size of a pencil eraser and there were a dozen or so of them. Not cool.
After letting the paint set up for about 30 minutes, I took 1000-grit sandpaper to these areas as well as a grey scuff pad and sanded the epoxy flakes away, but not all the way down to the actual sealing epoxy. I shot my second coat.
I don't have a picture of the results, but the outlines of the epoxy flakes are obvious in the second coat. I also had some trash and one pretty good run after the second coat, so I decided to stop there for the day and regroup, hopefully to come back tomorrow, fix the problems, and put down two more coats (per the tech manual).
Do you think that the outline of the epoxy flakes are showing up because it just needs more paint to cover it, or do you think I'm screwed? I could not see the outlines after I sanded, so maybe there is some chemical reaction thing going on? This is my very first paint job and, frankly, I'd rather cover it as good as I can and live with it than take the base all back off and start over on this panel. While I would love it to be perfect, I'm a realist and only ever hoped for something better than a 20-foot paint job.
Thanks so much,
Chris
Here's a shot just to show you. The color is awesome!