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TurboTx
So we had a few doubler skins to install, stripes to match, as well as painting on new "N" numbers. In order to factory match the entire area, I laid down SW Jetglo SS for the white, and DuPont chromabase for the yellow and blue. My plan was to clear the whole area at one time and get off of it.
Well... The paint job was now done and other than weather issues bringing severe humidity early on, everything went according to plan..until the owner wanted me to pile on more clear as I was cleaning my gun out. I explained that I had shot two coats back to back and wasn't willing to risk the paint job with more clear. This caused a bit of a confrontation and he demanded that another employee mix up a cup and get 2 more coats of clear on it. As you can imagine, the entire panel was riddled with solvent pop immediately. I was SICK..
After I was finally sure my head wasn't going to explode, I called Barry. I wanted to get some insight from him since the product had now been used in a way it was never intended. I explained the conditions, temp, and the fact that I had used fast activator to avoid dust as we're painting in a filthy hangar. Knowing that my paint job was applied over several hundred rivet heads, he told me "It's going to be a lot of work, but you need to sand back to your original second coat!"
Needless to say, I'm hooked for life. Where else can you get clear, reassuring advise directly from the manufacturer? I was able to fix the disaster and make it look like it never happened! Here are the results after a full day of sanding and one FAST, WET coat of the production clear:
Sorry I had to block the "N" number
Well... The paint job was now done and other than weather issues bringing severe humidity early on, everything went according to plan..until the owner wanted me to pile on more clear as I was cleaning my gun out. I explained that I had shot two coats back to back and wasn't willing to risk the paint job with more clear. This caused a bit of a confrontation and he demanded that another employee mix up a cup and get 2 more coats of clear on it. As you can imagine, the entire panel was riddled with solvent pop immediately. I was SICK..
After I was finally sure my head wasn't going to explode, I called Barry. I wanted to get some insight from him since the product had now been used in a way it was never intended. I explained the conditions, temp, and the fact that I had used fast activator to avoid dust as we're painting in a filthy hangar. Knowing that my paint job was applied over several hundred rivet heads, he told me "It's going to be a lot of work, but you need to sand back to your original second coat!"
Needless to say, I'm hooked for life. Where else can you get clear, reassuring advise directly from the manufacturer? I was able to fix the disaster and make it look like it never happened! Here are the results after a full day of sanding and one FAST, WET coat of the production clear:
Sorry I had to block the "N" number