Hi All, Finished painting my '69 Skylark yesterday in Eastwood Rat-rod satin black, and am extremely disappointed in the results. I've never sprayed a single-stage satin before, so I played with the pressure and volume settings for some time before shooting, still managed to jack it up. I can't seem to keep dry lines from showing up on the roof, everything else looks good, but the roof is terrible. Going to have to sand and start over, just wondered if anyone had any tips for me on how to keep this from happening again? I'm using a Finish-line with a 1.3 tip (Eastwood tech sheet calls for 1.2-1.4), medium hardener, and no reducer. The paint is like water, wondering if thats part of the trouble, or is it just my technique? Doing my best to stay horizontal but it's a tough reach, maybe thats all it is, but would appreciate any insights / tips. Thanks
satin is aggravating no doubt try a drop coat after the cover coat , ie a faster double back pass b4 moving to the other side also fan the gun gotta spray it like a metallic , moisture in the air will streak it also, little step stool will solve the reach prob something light that you can slide with you foot can also try a slow hardner or mix the fast and slow together
Lots of variables. Insufficient overlap could definitely cause your issue, as could gun spray pattern (too wide), spraying speed/material flow (too fast or too light). As said, keep a wet edge. High temperatures can cause the problem too, as the paint will dry too fast and need reducer to slow it down. Painting outside in the sun is a no-no with black.... the black surface will get much hotter than air temp.... and paint will dry too fast. Eastwood has a forum, you could ask there: http://forum.eastwood.com
This is more of an out of the box solution, but since you've already got a layer of paint laid down, perhaps consider some 3M vinyl wrap. I had wrapped the hood on my 68 a few years ago with flat black. It was easy to clean, had an extremely consistent shade and didn't become shiny in spots, and held up very nicely.
You gotta back the material needle out until the fan is wide open (spray a test spot on a piece of masking paper) and spray it WET. A 10% reduction will slow the flash time and help with the dryness. Spray it like it's free!
Yep, exactly what I was thinking, your not overlapping enough, its tough to do on a roof, 'cause your arm gets tired and you wanna just get it done:Brow: I know the feeling, I paint several cars a day.
I would sand car down smooth base coat black whole car then clear car with flatning agent already in it! so you get the right sheen "flat" the first time. sikkens sells clear flat. you will not get dry lines in you black car. like all Jesse James hot rods! and if you use flat clear instead of single stage! when those dirty birds happen to drop something on your awesome black buick !It won't leave a perminent stain in your finish!
