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smoky white, flat Barbados green

Started by ACJ , Jun 16 2011 11:08 PM

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#1 ACJ

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 11:08 PM

Hi all

I need some help with painting acrylic. I have painted some part ok but tonight I painted my front gard Barbados green and clear over the top. My shed is not ventilated very well and it was only 12 degrees. The end result was a very smoky white, flat Barbados green.

Was this the cool air or something else ?

Will this buff out or not ?

Thanks

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#2 AbsynthHatch

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 11:20 PM

Sounds like the paint blushed, a result of the air temperature being to cold

12 degrees is way to cold to be painting without heat lamps or a booth

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#3 _Quagmire_

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 11:23 PM

yeah now is not a good time unless you have a booth/shed
wait til it's around 20 and at the lowest humidity point of the day

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#4 ACJ

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 07:56 AM

Will this blush cut out or will I rub it back and start agen ?
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#5 MRLXSS

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 08:01 AM

You can get away with a lot with acrylic.... Try rubbing back one small section and buff it... See what happens...

Worse case you could rub back the whole car and blow another coat or two over the whole car...

Got any pics?

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#6 _Viper_

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 08:07 AM

On my short tafe course we were told it will buff out when you color sand and polish, But I have never done it myself

Oh and if your forced to paint in cold temps you can use fast drying thinners so it drys before it gets a chance to flower (blush, whatever you wanna call it)

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#7 _Big T_

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 08:28 AM

I had the same\similar issue a little while back. I laid on clear in the later arvo\evening and the result was a milky finish that I ended up rubbing back.

See this post Milky Paint

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#8 _dirtbag_

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 08:34 AM

Hiya. If the paint has just "blushed" due to cold air, you can just spray retarder thinners straight over it and it will vanish before your eyes. Seriously. Just put some in the gun and give it a light spray.

The only issue is if the basecoat blushed before you cleared it. Retarder will only cure the top layer of paint.

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#9 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 08:48 AM

Hiya. If the paint has just "blushed" due to cold air, you can just spray retarder thinners straight over it and it will vanish before your eyes. Seriously. Just put some in the gun and give it a light spray.

The only issue is if the basecoat blushed before you cleared it. Retarder will only cure the top layer of paint.

Colorcoat with acrylic Tim, Basecoat is for 2k :tease:

Yep try as above.....But i think some more info is required....

Cheers.

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#10 ACJ

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 09:51 AM

Yes I have pics? But cannot upload. I am happy to email if someone will post for me.

I have not pained whole car with this problem, just LH front guard last night.

Had a look this morning and smoky white was not as bad but still very flat looking

Green is Dupont Lucite 400

Clear is Dupont 380s

Thinner is Duxone 1K multi acrylic thinner 8210080

I think I will rub back and paint again on a hotter day ?
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#11 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 09:55 AM

Yep.

Seeing though you have nothing to loose, give it a quick clean up with prepsol then hit it with strait thinners out of the gun, see if it makes a difference.

Guessing it was all to do with your temp though.

Cheers.

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#12 _Quagmire_

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 01:02 PM

you got photobucket?
if not pm me your e-mail and i'll host/post the pics
thanks
al

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#13 ACJ

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 06:59 PM

Back, sorry not very good at this computer thing but I will try to get some pics here ???

All pics are of paint strait off the gun.

The LH front guard with the noses cone is the pics with the problem.

Repainted it today and all is good. It was 18 degrees

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Got this far but getting sh__y now try later

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#14 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 10:48 PM

Looks like its coming along bloody nice mate.

I'd nearly go out on a limb and say you get a nicer finish off the gun with acrylic than i do haha!!

Cheers.

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#15 ACJ

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Posted 18 June 2011 - 10:57 AM

Thanks Bomber if we don�t get it like that dad goes off his tree and makes us sleep out side with on dinner.

Here are some other thing he made us do and we even had a hot dinner one night.

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I�m no painter, don�t even like painting, I use way to much paint but i am learning and one day I will look back and think I did that and I like it (hope ?)

Thanks all for your help.

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#16 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 18 June 2011 - 11:05 AM

Lol dammit theres lots of kids who are better than me, those two, headbutt (brock72xu1's kid)...

Its the skatepark days all over again when i was like 18 frOcking around and there were 10 year olds there kicking my ass!!