black79transam

I am in the process of painting my ls6 intake with duplicolor rattle can paint. I laid down my primer (highbuild) and it looks great except one area about the size of a quarter has developed some pretty bad fisheye. I sanded the intake with 180, then 400 and clean cleaned/degreesed and allowed plenty of time to dry.

My question is where do I go from here? Should I sand the whole intake, clean and degreese and lay another coat? Or should I attempt to spot fix that area and only sad/clean/apply at that spot?

birner88

I would re sand the whole thing so i know its perfectly smooth and uniform. But iv never been good at spotfixin

3gensoffs

i would sand that area smooth and re-prime that spot using light coats. also when you start painting dont wet the hell out of it at first. start with a few light coats and flash in between coats really good. then go ahead and wet it. less material is always better.

95stro

X2 -light coats are your friend

black79transam

I managed to get the fish eye taken care of following your suggestions thanks.

One other question, what do you mean by flash in between coats?

95stro

Flash time is the time in between spraying coats of primer, paint or clear. If you dont allow enough time in between coats you could get runs or delamination (peeling) and lots of other problems.

black79transam

Thanks, That will not be a problem as I am giving this sucker tons of time to cure. Is it bad to give it to much dry time?

95stro

Most products have an 8, 12 or 24h recoat window. What this means is you have up to 8, 12 or 24 hours to do the next coat without having to sand and repaint it. Paints usually have the recoat and flash times on them some where. The only concern with waiting a long time (while still being in the recoat window) would be contaminants such as dust, bugs, chemicals etc.

ls13ater

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You put to much on at one time, it always good to put a few good dust coats on before you lay you final thick coat

justin hover

Don't forget the 5-8 coats of clear...Really gives it the 3dimensional finish.

BLK95-Z

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Probably your problem. That stuff is junk

Schantin

iTrader: (6)

Check my sig block for a pic of my intake. I painted it with cheap hi-temp Rustoleum 5 years ago..... and it's still holding up fine. That's not much better than Duplicolor. It's all in the degrease/ prep work

BLK95-Z

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Yes I know all about prep work I spend 30 hours a week doing it

Im not saying you cant get good paint job with rattle can products but it may take a few tries...and yes very thorough prep work. It also helps painting in a heated environment