Call me crazy

[Zeepaintr]

OK so I have been in collision repair for 10 years and I have never come across this. I did a set of tins for a softail. Sprayed a bright green metallic base, then cleared. Scuffed that down and tape out some flames. Spray down some silver, tape off stripe, then spray some cobalt blue kandy koncentrate. Clear again, sand down, clear again, buff. At least a couple days dry time between clearing sessions as well as buffing. So the parts are sitting in my truck in boxes for like 2-3 weeks, and I go to take them out today... What the BLEEEEP is THIS?? 2 fisheye lookin things that actually went as far as to appear lighter blue in the fisheye than the rest of the flame. So it appears as though it fisheyed the kandy as well. Now my question is how can something that is pretty darn near perfect, and very well set up (baked all 3 times in our booth) fisheye?? Paint rep couldn't help me out, so I figured maybe someone here ran into this?? You'd never think that it could happen on cured paint, how oculd it possibly move??
Oh well. Thanks for any info you guys can provide.

Scott

 

[rex]

I'll be back tomarrow ,I literally just got home and have way too many beers in me to think straight(jeesh,did I say that?).Be back tomarrow when I can think straight.

 

[crazycuda]

I have had (in past experience) everything comes out perfect, and in a couple of days it appears to have some fish eyes.
After some major reasearch i found that sometimes metal holds a little oil. the surface of the paint/clear skins and looks great ,but after a fiew days as the paint finishes hardening and the reducer and catalist works its way to the surface with the residuel oil and the fish eyes that were hidden appear.

 

[rex]

I've had it happen too but rarely where it's not just in teh clear.I never thought about it but I like Cuda's reason.I always wipe down twice so maybe that's why I don't get it.Some clears will fisheye if you hose it on but I haven't had it happen with the newer clears.

 

[tcannon]

I shot a couple of jobs for myself last year using some lacquer (for artwork) then cleared with urethane. I think the lacquer was still "outgassing" when the urethane was applied. I got some fisheye looking craters, not many, only over the artwork. The HOK pbc and sg-100 acts more like lacquer than urethane to me. I would guess the HOK was still outgassing and caused the fisheye effect. Hard to say! Good luck!

 

[Bornhard]

hard to visualize the problem, but I've had discoloring or shinny spots from oil residue, or the primer sealer not fully sealing the body putting.....sucks what happened to you!

Also was there something in the boxes? what happen to me once was I had a painted gas tank and set it down on a cardboard box that some gas tanks came in....the tanks weer covered in oil and some absorbed into the cardboard....well it made a mark in the clear, 'cause the clear was ony a week old at the time