I primed about 2 weeks ago. Sanded, washed and degreased with wax remover/degreaser today. went to spray base and got fish eyes everywhere. One spot was so bad it actually left a streak. Am I having adhesion problems or just contamination. Here are some things that I feel might be causing the problems. The water source I used to wash down with could be contaminated...it is one of those 350? gallon square container skids that had who knows what in it before the water. Another thought was that I didnt sand the primer enough...I was kinda lazy and I know I left some low spots/shiny spots. Thoughts?
fish eyes everywhere!!!
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painterman
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Hi always degrease/panel wipe before any flatting,if not you will work any contamination into the substrate.always use a guide coat when flating.do allow any flatting residue to remain on surface all primers are pourous.panel wipe a couple of times prior to painting ensure you use plenty of clean paper wipe keep folding and pour panel wipe onto paper or use a sprayer. if I wet flat I use clean water in a spray bottle to ensure clean dirt free lubricant. the streak sounds like a wipe mark from cloth or tack rag.to rectify wash down then panel wipe correctly.
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phil
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phil
I agree with Phil on the streak, this could be from your tack rag. Did you happen to check out my tack rag tip?
As far as the fisheyes, VERY seldom does basecoat fisheye, so whatever it was, was pretty serious.
Some possible causes.
-water or oil or both in your compressor and lines (do you have a inline filter?)
-Spraying around detail sprays
-Something in the air (are you in a spray booth?)
-Possibly the water that you mentioned in your post.
I would suggest resanding (just use a spray bottle) and recoat, then reclear. Put your first coat of the base and the clear fairly dry to check closely to see if you have a problem. If no problems, you can go ahead and put on your normal coats.
As far as the fisheyes, VERY seldom does basecoat fisheye, so whatever it was, was pretty serious.
Some possible causes.
-water or oil or both in your compressor and lines (do you have a inline filter?)
-Spraying around detail sprays
-Something in the air (are you in a spray booth?)
-Possibly the water that you mentioned in your post.
I would suggest resanding (just use a spray bottle) and recoat, then reclear. Put your first coat of the base and the clear fairly dry to check closely to see if you have a problem. If no problems, you can go ahead and put on your normal coats.
Hey everyone I am new to this and just wanted to get in on the action. Im not sure what kind of paint you are using, but from my experience it could possibly be you over reduced your basecoat as well. This doesn't happen often but ive seen it myself. I had a yellow corvette mirror I was refinishing and I over reduced my paint and had the same effect. I tried using a new bottle of wax and grease remover, but came out with the same result. I thought I was going mad, but luckily I had a guy in our franchise system that had the same issue and he said it could be my paint was over reduced. So of course I remixed and left it a little thicker than usual and sure enough no more fish eyes. Not saying this will work but it did work for me, so just in case no luck you might try that as well.