It's had a quite a bit of time outside already, from the begining of sept of last year till the first week in nov I pulled it outside pretty much every day the sun was shining, I did the same thing this year from the end of march till now. We haven't had too many hot days yet but even on the not so hot days the paint felt very warm when sitting in the sun, I even move the car around during the day when it was sitting in the sun just to make sure it had full sun exposure. I will give it another week or so in the sun, if I don't see improvement I will probably end up stripping it. I had the mirrors off of the car when painted, they have much less paint on them than the rest of the car and that paint feels about the same as the rest of the car.
Paint gets soft when warm
- Thread starter shaggyzr2
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Yeah, sounds like clear issue if been in sun that long.
Yeah, I've done a lot of painting over the years and have never had an issue like this. Thank you
tried that on the header panel, wet sanded with 1500 then let it sit in full sun for 3 days, temps were in the low to mid 80's, still soft.
Yeah....I know I'm screwed. lol. I'll give it another week in the sun, see what happens.
If rags wipe it off, the clear is bad for sure
So last night I took a laquer thinner soaked rag and held it on to one of the mirrors for about 20 seconds, I could scratch the clear off easily, it actually kinda turned the clear into a jelly like substance.
So I stripped off the paint that wouldn't cure and used the SPI universal clear for the first time, oh wow....I love that stuff! I'd have to say that it's the best clear I've ever used, sprays easy and looks great. Painted it sunday night, and it's already harder than the old clear that was sprayed almost a year ago. How long should I wait to sand and buff?
