strange clear coat

[jim0207]

Check the drivers side of the hood. The clear coat is so bad that I could not wipe my micro fiber cloth across it. The second picture has the same problem. I mixed the clear U-Pol exactly to instruction, 4 to 1 and applied 3 thin coats. How might I lessen the extreme orange peel finish.

 

[regan j]

Must be my old eyes but I cant tell anything by your pictures.

 

[turbo nasty]

What was the humidity like?

 

[jim0207]

There are streaks of haze on the first picture and the second picture shows a spot of the streak at a close up of the haze.

What was the humidity like?

Good question. Last week in Maryland we had a stretch of good weather. upper 60s to mid 70s. Humidity was consistent at 45%.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

and applied 3 thin coats.

Dry sprayed...

 

[jim0207]

Dry sprayed...

After sleeping on it last night I believe the clear dried before it hit the hood.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

After sleeping on it last night I believe the clear dried before it hit the hood.

Time to da it off, and start over. I'd be suspect of the long term survival, of what's there, now.
We shoot tack coat, medium coat, wet coat. Makes for better flow out, less sanding, buffing.

 

[skidlid]

Too fast of reducer? If too fast the clear will not lay correctly,your solvent is not allowing it to lay flat. Plus if you lay clear on to light it will just keep getting more texture each coat.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

Too fast of reducer? If too fast the clear will not lay correctly,your solvent is not allowing it to lay flat. Plus if you lay clear on to light it will just keep getting more texture each coat.

Yep!