Paint gone so wrong
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Orlando FL
Paint gone so wrong
I was painting the cowl on my hood with a single stage paint with pearl and it was going so well. The breaker to air compressor tripped and I discovered this when the paint started coming out of the gun in a hideous fashion all over the cowl
I stopped and got air pressure back and then added some extra reducer to the paint to try and get the mess to lay down.
end result was mediocre at best and no I will not post a pic until it is fully dry.
question: can I wet sand the single stage with pearl or am I limited to only buffing it with compound?
any other tricks?
after the top coat (heavy with reducer) it laid down but is full of orange peel.
the rest of the car looks good for a home done job and I am really sad.
I am going to go watch it dry and drink beer
I will post a picture after it dries or I have a few beers
thanks in advance for any sound advice
I stopped and got air pressure back and then added some extra reducer to the paint to try and get the mess to lay down.
end result was mediocre at best and no I will not post a pic until it is fully dry.
question: can I wet sand the single stage with pearl or am I limited to only buffing it with compound?
any other tricks?
after the top coat (heavy with reducer) it laid down but is full of orange peel.
the rest of the car looks good for a home done job and I am really sad.
I am going to go watch it dry and drink beer
I will post a picture after it dries or I have a few beers
thanks in advance for any sound advice
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Working on the car NY
FWIW, you might get better response in the PAINT forum. One thing with SS that I learned is that if you buy a 
cheap SS (like Eastwoods brand), the hood can't take to being color sanded because you'll take the top layer off and get rain spots - that won't come out
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cheap SS (like Eastwoods brand), the hood can't take to being color sanded because you'll take the top layer off and get rain spots - that won't come out.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Huntingburg Indiana
No matter the brand of paint, if you sand a single stage it will remove metallic and pearl, which will show. Buffing without sanding will not fix the orange peel. Sand it down and repaint it. Metallics and pearls are tricky to spray in a single stage without getting blotchy.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Orlando FL
No matter the brand of paint, if you sand a single stage it will remove metallic and pearl, which will show. Buffing without sanding will not fix the orange peel. Sand it down and repaint it. Metallics and pearls are tricky to spray in a single stage without getting blotchy.
yeah
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2007
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From: North tonawanda NY
In This case it the same results whether you paid the markup for direct big brand name or buy the same paints with summit or Eastwood on the can.
