ok thread update.
the trunk lid has been sitting in epoxy for about a week. we sanded 600 on saturday. today when i woke up is was extremely foggy. terrible weather to paint. i put my propane torpedo heater in there. at 8am it was 86% humid, and about 72 degrees. in 30-40 mins it was 60% humid and about 92 degrees. by then the sun had started to burn off the mist in the air too.
i explained to my buddy everything said on this thread , and we also consulted with some local friends of ours, after all said and done, he wanted to spray it the way he sprayed the fins on the car. (and they look fine)...which means heavy basecoat. ok, aint my money...
no sealer, no base blender. we going straight from 600 to basecoat. DV1, 16psi, 2 turns out. the base mix 2/1. ( i am waiting for a picture of the mixture ratios from him)
he also brought this transtar prep cleaner that is anti static /static reducer that im completely sold on now. this panel is about 20sq ft flat in a garage setting and its ones of the cleanest things we have sprayed in my dirty dungeon
we used medium reducer and he was heavy out the gate. the first coat flashed off pretty nice. , 2nd coat better. and it didnt really need a 3rd but he put 3 on the fins so he wanted to put 3. we waited about 2 to 3 hours before clear and put 3 coats of euro 4/1/1 with slow/slow with the 1.4 silver iwata. i think this job is as good as we can get it. i appreciate everyones advice. i cant explain how this worked out using this technique. but if i had to guess, i think lower humidity played a role.
i was always told to go light to medium coats at most, and let the paint "introduce" itself to the panel, to reduce reactions or wrinkling. thats how ive also done it......
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