motoxnate
Promoted Users
Hi everybody, I'm new here and just completing my first spray job.
I have two plastic side skirts for my car and after a lot of research I did the following:
- Sanded old paint down to plastic
- Applied flexible plastic filler to scratches
- Sprayed 3 coats of Epoxy Primer
- Block sanded with 220 / 320 until smooth
- Filled small indentations with finishing putty
- Sprayed a guide coat of Epoxy Primer
- Sanded out any dust with 320 lightly and finished with 400 (I should have gone to 600+)
- Sprayed Cromax Basecoat (Subaru Java Black Pearl)
Now the problem came when I applied Production Clear. I waited 2 days (48hrs) between base and clear.
- I tack clothed off the skirts
- Mixed clear 4:1
- Tacked again
When I sprayed the clear, the first coat went on great, wet and smooth. But after sitting for a couple minutes pinholes started to appear. I will attach pics. Does anybody know what these could be from? I had a water separator inline with the gun which caught a little moisture but it appears to be stopping it all. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I have done all of this by hand.
Thanks so much for any advice and how to proceed!
I have two plastic side skirts for my car and after a lot of research I did the following:
- Sanded old paint down to plastic
- Applied flexible plastic filler to scratches
- Sprayed 3 coats of Epoxy Primer
- Block sanded with 220 / 320 until smooth
- Filled small indentations with finishing putty
- Sprayed a guide coat of Epoxy Primer
- Sanded out any dust with 320 lightly and finished with 400 (I should have gone to 600+)
- Sprayed Cromax Basecoat (Subaru Java Black Pearl)
Now the problem came when I applied Production Clear. I waited 2 days (48hrs) between base and clear.
- I tack clothed off the skirts
- Mixed clear 4:1
- Tacked again
When I sprayed the clear, the first coat went on great, wet and smooth. But after sitting for a couple minutes pinholes started to appear. I will attach pics. Does anybody know what these could be from? I had a water separator inline with the gun which caught a little moisture but it appears to be stopping it all. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I have done all of this by hand.
Thanks so much for any advice and how to proceed!