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Bnemo

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wha...!? Anybody seen this before??

:crap:Ok...shot the tins tonight and I'm getting all kinds of wierd stuff. Using HOK black. Took the tanks and sanded it all over with 120grit. Then we primed it with filler primer sanded smooth and finished w/600grit.Wiped it down with a degrease/cleaner. Then when I paint it I'm getting this!
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wtf?!?!? Any ideas on what would cause this?? What did I do wrong?? Should I take the tank down to bare metal and start again?? I have another set of tins to do (mine!) as soon as I get these done , but I want to figure out what cause this first. Any help is grreatly appreciated!!
Nemo

p.s. I should have added (to further confound things) that the previous paint job was also with HOK products. That's what is so confusing...it looks like a reaction between dis-similar types of paint,but I am using the same type and manufacturer....:crap:
 
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Bnemo

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UPDATE....
Don't know what cause it...but I must be in good company :freak:
So we took the tank down to bare metal and we'll start again. Funny thing is I took it to work to sand blast it and the media took off the fresh paint but wouldn't touch the underlying paint (which I also applied) so we had to sand it by hand down to bare. I am thinking of using a Duplicolor self etching primer...does anybody forsee problems with this primer???:think1:
Thanks in advance...
Nemo
 
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TAZ

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Something you used like the primer or the sealer was too soft or too heavy. Then when you applied the basecoat (or clear), the reducer ate into the sealer or primer.
Did you use a HOK sealer? What type primer did you use originally?
 
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Bnemo

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I don't recall the primer. It was something I got at a local automotive paint supplier. All my other paints and sealer were HOK. You mentioned sealer or primer being too heavy...my son (who is helping w/this project) applied the primer while I was at work, and now that I think about it, he does like to put the coats on pretty heavy. I'll make sure I supervise the next go-round.. :) at least he is interested in learning... :moon:
Thanks for the help TAZ!!

p.s. The paint stands and spray booth (from my other post) worked GREAT!! Sure makes things a lot easier!!:bigokay:
 
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Skeletoil

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It's hard to tell if you've sanded through the clear and into the base, 2 Ways I have overcome this problem is to sand then reclear, continue with other graphics or use a primer with a Catylist, (hardner, I use PPG DP 40), then you will be redoing your base then graphics. Neither choice is cheap. I'm learning to flow coat, they say to overreduce your clear by 25-30%, but as the weather gets colder, I'm in Indiana, I have found the need to reduce less. I can just get my paint booth to 60 degrees on the outside wall and the inside wall to 64 degrees. Always use lighter coats, reduced clear will level out. Ease up on your second coat, let the reduced clear do it's job. It works. I would go with 10 to 15% more reducer in cold weather. With the new paints, I call em speed paints, 5 to 10 minute flash between coats, that's the minimum, you can go longer. Say half a beer, then second coat. Cooler weather, give your flash times just a little longer and don't paint heavy.
 
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