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My Paint Job Looks Terrible
stalemate:
Maybe sanding the metallic wouldn't be a big problem if I was going to go back over it with more? Would the dulling/discoloration issue get covered up by the next coat?
404:
--- Quote from: stalemate on October 25, 2011, 12:03:10 pm ---Maybe sanding the metallic wouldn't be a big problem if I was going to go back over it with more? Would the dulling/discoloration issue get covered up by the next coat?
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If you are starting over, it wont be a problem. Honestly, i had the same issue as you with some semi gloss black that i used on a piece of furniture that the old lady wanted painted. I just couldn't figure out for the life of me why it did that. I live in Florida USA so at first i thought it was the humidity that caused it. I could never really figure it out. That's why i suggested the roll on method.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: 404 on October 25, 2011, 12:35:19 pm ---If you are starting over, it wont be a problem.
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This. My advice was to pretty much start over without actually sanding it completely clean.
stalemate:
I wondered about the humidity too. I'm in Arkansas and it gets pretty humid here.
My spray coats of flat black have looked great, so if I scrap the metallic I'll likely just stick with that and then clear coat it. Would a clear coat make the flat black nice and shiny or would I need to use a gloss paint?
I might try going over with another coat or two of metallic and see if it gets better (just on one side as a test) and if it doesn't get better just sand it off and go back to flat black.
404:
--- Quote from: stalemate on October 25, 2011, 12:53:39 pm ---I wondered about the humidity too. I'm in Arkansas and it gets pretty humid here.
My spray coats of flat black have looked great, so if I scrap the metallic I'll likely just stick with that and then clear coat it. Would a clear coat make the flat black nice and shiny or would I need to use a gloss paint?
I might try going over with another coat or two of metallic and see if it gets better (just on one side as a test) and if it doesn't get better just sand it off and go back to flat black.
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Clear coating flat black will give it almost like a sub flat/satin finish. Kind of like how the hot-rodders of old (or the newer ricer) car enthusiasts paint their cars.
http://image.popularhotrodding.com/f/magazine-stuff/satin-black/17059075/satin-black-vinyl-car.jpg
Chances are you can find some paint manufacturers do make a satin black but most of the time it requires mixing. You would be best to just go with the roll on method.