Ok everybody. I’m on my first paint job.
I shot the jambs with base and clear over spi epoxy that was shot approximately 36 hours before. I have learned a lot since then, but hear me out:
- I then masked these areas to shoot primer on the exterior of the car and left the masking tape on for weeks and weeks because I had a lot of priming and sanding to do. I have learned a lot since (!)
- I then pulled the masking tape and had a few areas of the jambs pull the clear and base off with the tape.
It’s not the end of the world because I can still re shoot the jambs if needed. I took a much more conservative approach for the overall paint job and shot base over 2 hour spi epoxy with a bit of reducer in it.
I am chalking up my experience on the jambs to my idiocy of leaving masking tape on for a long long time (just didn’t know. Costly mistake). But my question is this: was 36 hours too long for the epoxy to cure before spraying the base? I know it was that long because I have pictures. Note that it was also in hot SC temps.
Thanks for any help or advice. I’m probably more apprehensive that the same thing is going to happen on the body panels…though the paint job came out looking pretty good for a first shot.
I shot the jambs with base and clear over spi epoxy that was shot approximately 36 hours before. I have learned a lot since then, but hear me out:
- I then masked these areas to shoot primer on the exterior of the car and left the masking tape on for weeks and weeks because I had a lot of priming and sanding to do. I have learned a lot since (!)
- I then pulled the masking tape and had a few areas of the jambs pull the clear and base off with the tape.
It’s not the end of the world because I can still re shoot the jambs if needed. I took a much more conservative approach for the overall paint job and shot base over 2 hour spi epoxy with a bit of reducer in it.
I am chalking up my experience on the jambs to my idiocy of leaving masking tape on for a long long time (just didn’t know. Costly mistake). But my question is this: was 36 hours too long for the epoxy to cure before spraying the base? I know it was that long because I have pictures. Note that it was also in hot SC temps.
Thanks for any help or advice. I’m probably more apprehensive that the same thing is going to happen on the body panels…though the paint job came out looking pretty good for a first shot.