Chris_Hamilton
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Rgn, how much overlap are you doing? A pearl should be about 75%, medium to medium wet coats, track straight and it'll go on even. At this point though to get you through the job, try over reducing it and spray 2 coats after you think you are close with how "pearly" you want the finish. Try it at 1 part RTS Pearl(midcoat) to 1.5-2 parts reducer or preferably a blender. You can use the SPI intercoat as a blender or you can get the Axalta version at your jobber. With the SPI you would want to reduce it down to the recommended ratio before you intermix it with the pearl midcoat. Once you do that, spray 2 coats over the problem areas and that should even it out.
What color is your base? Try spraying 8 inches or so out. Ideally you want to see the base going on wet. But not so wet that it texture or mottles. If you have mottling, unevenness, then over reduce your RTS pearl as I described and spray 2 coats, letting it flash completely and inspecting the finish between coats. If it looks good after 1 coat stop.
Rgn what brand reducer are you using? What is the speed of the reducer?
@Mitch I like to think of it as medium wet, meaning it's going on wet but not so wet that it's flowing or moving around. Does that make sense to you? Hard for me to put into words. Example on a Sata 2000 1.4 HVLP, I will back it out 2 turns. Then spray it fairly quickly.
What color is your base? Try spraying 8 inches or so out. Ideally you want to see the base going on wet. But not so wet that it texture or mottles. If you have mottling, unevenness, then over reduce your RTS pearl as I described and spray 2 coats, letting it flash completely and inspecting the finish between coats. If it looks good after 1 coat stop.
Rgn what brand reducer are you using? What is the speed of the reducer?
@Mitch I like to think of it as medium wet, meaning it's going on wet but not so wet that it's flowing or moving around. Does that make sense to you? Hard for me to put into words. Example on a Sata 2000 1.4 HVLP, I will back it out 2 turns. Then spray it fairly quickly.
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