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Kona Fan
Re:
i guess some things are not meant to be. This Cinder Cone and I perhaps? Despite my second attempt at laying the base coat going OK, application of the clear coat was a different matter. Perhaps i should have turned a blind eye to the runs from my first attempt.. hindsight is a wonderful thing :facepalm:
I don't think spraying outdoors in 25-degree heat helped but the application of 2K clearcoat is real tricky if like me you haven't used it before. Its trial and error getting the distance correct...too close and its orange peel too far and its dry/low gloss. As i said, the 25-degree heat wont have helped.
Its been a few days since I laid the clear coat and its not great... TBH, The 2K clear is hard as nails within 24 hours so theres no reason to leave it days to harden but i could tell straight away it wasn't great.... maybe i was hoping things would look a bit better with time :roll:
Not sure what I'm going to do next...i have 3 options
strip back to bare metal and start again
sand back and re apply base and clear
**** it off altogether
Option three is my preferred choice right now but ill leave it a few days and see how i feel
not sure what happened here on the top tube.. looks like the flake has swirled... wasnt like this before applying the clear coat
Low gloss...
Orange peel
Spots where the paint had splattered on release. (tried sanding back)
i guess some things are not meant to be. This Cinder Cone and I perhaps? Despite my second attempt at laying the base coat going OK, application of the clear coat was a different matter. Perhaps i should have turned a blind eye to the runs from my first attempt.. hindsight is a wonderful thing :facepalm:
I don't think spraying outdoors in 25-degree heat helped but the application of 2K clearcoat is real tricky if like me you haven't used it before. Its trial and error getting the distance correct...too close and its orange peel too far and its dry/low gloss. As i said, the 25-degree heat wont have helped.
Its been a few days since I laid the clear coat and its not great... TBH, The 2K clear is hard as nails within 24 hours so theres no reason to leave it days to harden but i could tell straight away it wasn't great.... maybe i was hoping things would look a bit better with time :roll:
Not sure what I'm going to do next...i have 3 options
strip back to bare metal and start again
sand back and re apply base and clear
**** it off altogether
Option three is my preferred choice right now but ill leave it a few days and see how i feel
not sure what happened here on the top tube.. looks like the flake has swirled... wasnt like this before applying the clear coat
Low gloss...
Orange peel
Spots where the paint had splattered on release. (tried sanding back)