Yea, yesterday I finally got my lazy a** outside to paint my interior pieces of my Cavy. I painted the bezel, main vent on the dash, the two little vents in the corner of the dash, and the border of the vent thats on the passenger side. Well, here is what i did...
I sanded all the pieces down with 60 grit paper, then 100, then 220. I cleaned them all up they they looked pretty good. I used this "Krylon H20 Primer" on them, and it looked good. Problem was, the primer was being weird. Occasionally a a bunch would come out of the spray almost like a foam, and it would happen every few minutes. Now rather then stop and redo it, I just finished the project and it looked great. I waited about an hour to use the 320 grit sandpaper on the primer. In certain areas of the bezel, the primer came off like a gel. It was like it didn't even dry and little came off almost looking like bondo. This happend in a few areas, and I reprimered, painted, and clearcoated to finish the project off... Now...
This morning I come out and see that it doesn't look as good as it did the previous evening. You can see the areas where the primer "gel'd" off and where the second coat was put on. It isn't really THAT noticable, but it is going to drive me insane. My question is this... Wednesday I want to fix it up and make it look awesome. Do I have to resand the entire areas that are messed up with the 60 grit again and start from step 1, or can I use a higher grit paper like the 220 or 320 to fix those areas and just repaint and clearcoat them?
The general finished project looks badass, but I just want to fix it up and make it look nice.
Thanks in advance
just sand off the primer.. don't start from step 1 60.. but maybe 100 then 200.. and wet sand it..
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the primer you have is bad if its comes out like that
time to start over
yeah either the primer is bad or the weather....how hot was it when you sprayed it.......humidty plays a big factor
ive been hearing bad stuff about the h20 stuff spraying bad
I think the primer was bad cause of the small foam amounts that came out. Would it have anything to do with if the primer was left in my garage for a few days before I used it? I bought a new can of it and I'll keep them all in the house from now on just incase. As for humidity yesterday? I think it was around 85ish when I was doing it, but it cooled down rather quick. The sun was in the mydst of going down when I was putting on the primer.
So just to see, I should resand those areas with a good grit sandpaper and reprimer and paint, etc, right? It just annoys me, this was like a 4 hour project yesterday, only for me to have to redo some of it.
well, they say ideal conditons are between 65 - 90 so you shoulda been good, but yeah go ahead sand it smooth, and respray.......if your dedicated it'll look sweet when your done. Gotta love tuning....sometimes practice makes perfect. I am sure it will eventually turn out great
Well, we'll see Wednesday when I do it... My friend told me that it "turned out horrible", so I'm kinda let down about it... Hopefully it'll work.
i think ir problem is ur useing the wrong paitn , what ur useing should be used for the top of your dash , its a latex paint in a can . for your vents and ur bezel u should krylon FUSION not H2O to totally diff paints i did the front dash (bezel), all my vents, glovebox, door sills , the colums and im finishing up the center console and the 2 huge parts in the back i already did teh 2 small parts that connect the trunk to the back . and it came out great , also u do have to start from scratch and use krylon Fusion , but other than that it sounds like ur doingeverything right and best of luck
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I did use Fusion. The Krylon H20 is just a primer base.
Anyways, I went back outside today after work and i got back on it. I just went back to step 1. I sanded everything down with 60 grit, resanded with 100, and then 220. I primered. Waited for the primer to dry, sanded that down with 320, and put on the Blue Fusion. It is looking great at the current moment. I'm actually doing it right now and I'm online while things are drying, lol. I bought new cans of the H20 and blue Fusion, and the stuff is working great. I guess it was the paint/primer before? The blue is coming out shiny and smooth, its drying fast and good looking. I'm also throwing on a layer of clearcoat too. At the current moment, they are looking awesome.
I'll post pics if my damn friend ever brings over that frickin digital camera!
