Had a big screw up.
The plan was to flow coat all 9 motorcycle parts. A few parts came out fantastic on the first try, no extra work needed. A few parts had a couple of dirt nibs or minor orange peel. Cut, buff, done. It was a learning process but they came out great. The tank ended up with pebbly orange peel in a couple of areas and you could still feel the pinstripe in the same areas. Not enough material in that area, gun too far from the surface. Not a big deal, sand and spray again.
Sanded the tank down with 600 to get all the orange peel off. Washed with soap and water, rinse, and blow the part off with my new air nozzle. AANNDDDD oil spits out the air nozzle in little dots all over the top and one side of the tank!!! ****. Great way to start the day.
So I wash the crap out of the tank with a strong mix of Dawn and hot water using grey Scotchbrite. It took 3 good washings before I couldn’t see the oil any more. By this time the part was completely sanded with the grey pad, super silky smooth. I thought… great, this should look fantastic after a flowcoat. Cleaned the part with PrepAll a few times, ran a tack cloth over it. Ready to shoot.
When I sprayed clear on, it stuck to the surface fine, no fisheyes, flowed out great, nice and smooth finish, but it ran like crazy. I mean it was dripping off the part like water. Same gun, same settings, same clear, mixed the same way, same temperature, same distance, same gun speed, same everything as all the parts that came out great last week. Only variation was the previous parts were sanded down to 400 grit, where this one was sanded down to around 1000.
So I’m guessing here…. But my thoughts are the 1000 grit takes a lot less material to coat because it has less surface area In THE SCRATCH needing to be filled before you get good flow on the surface. I sprayed like I was going over 400. The extra clear went on the floor.
Learn as I go. ****. Won’t forget this one.
Now I have a huge mess of runs all over the tank. The worst area is the edge of the tank seam. Spent 2 hours last night reshaping the clear on the seam with 400, 600, and 1000 on a paint stick.
The plan was to flow coat all 9 motorcycle parts. A few parts came out fantastic on the first try, no extra work needed. A few parts had a couple of dirt nibs or minor orange peel. Cut, buff, done. It was a learning process but they came out great. The tank ended up with pebbly orange peel in a couple of areas and you could still feel the pinstripe in the same areas. Not enough material in that area, gun too far from the surface. Not a big deal, sand and spray again.
Sanded the tank down with 600 to get all the orange peel off. Washed with soap and water, rinse, and blow the part off with my new air nozzle. AANNDDDD oil spits out the air nozzle in little dots all over the top and one side of the tank!!! ****. Great way to start the day.
So I wash the crap out of the tank with a strong mix of Dawn and hot water using grey Scotchbrite. It took 3 good washings before I couldn’t see the oil any more. By this time the part was completely sanded with the grey pad, super silky smooth. I thought… great, this should look fantastic after a flowcoat. Cleaned the part with PrepAll a few times, ran a tack cloth over it. Ready to shoot.
When I sprayed clear on, it stuck to the surface fine, no fisheyes, flowed out great, nice and smooth finish, but it ran like crazy. I mean it was dripping off the part like water. Same gun, same settings, same clear, mixed the same way, same temperature, same distance, same gun speed, same everything as all the parts that came out great last week. Only variation was the previous parts were sanded down to 400 grit, where this one was sanded down to around 1000.
So I’m guessing here…. But my thoughts are the 1000 grit takes a lot less material to coat because it has less surface area In THE SCRATCH needing to be filled before you get good flow on the surface. I sprayed like I was going over 400. The extra clear went on the floor.
Learn as I go. ****. Won’t forget this one.
Now I have a huge mess of runs all over the tank. The worst area is the edge of the tank seam. Spent 2 hours last night reshaping the clear on the seam with 400, 600, and 1000 on a paint stick.
