Orange Peel
08-27-08, 03:56 PM
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Orange Peel
Is it normal to have orange peel a couple days after the paint drys more? It seems as though my trunk looked fine after picking it up from the shop only to notice that parts of the trunk is starting to show orange peel. Seems kind of weird to me.
09-16-08, 08:18 PM
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sounds to me that there was no catalized sealer applied to old prepped surface which had sanded thru spots exposing old basecoat,the solvents from new paint has softened the exposed old basecoat which will cause the spots of orangepeel, the cheapest way to fix this is to wait a few weeks for the new paint to cure (most paint jobs take few months to fully cure,but usually after 2-3 weeks the surface is hard enough to cut and polish without die-back aka "dull")then wetsand with 1500-2000 grit and polish
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09-17-08, 12:18 AM
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I'm going thru the same process right now.
I just painted the hood and headlight covers on my 240sx and i've got the orange peel. But I had problems with the paint gun, so I'll be resanding and putting on another coat of paint.
Oh, and I did a single stage paint job.
I just painted the hood and headlight covers on my 240sx and i've got the orange peel. But I had problems with the paint gun, so I'll be resanding and putting on another coat of paint.
Oh, and I did a single stage paint job.
09-18-08, 03:48 PM
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do what? he is not talking about sags and runs,
sounds to me that there was no catalized sealer applied to old prepped surface which had sanded thru spots exposing old basecoat,the solvents from new paint has softened the exposed old basecoat which will cause the spots of orangepeel, the cheapest way to fix this is to wait a few weeks for the new paint to cure (most paint jobs take few months to fully cure,but usually after 2-3 weeks the surface is hard enough to cut and polish without die-back aka "dull")then wetsand with 1500-2000 grit and polish
Stefan
sounds to me that there was no catalized sealer applied to old prepped surface which had sanded thru spots exposing old basecoat,the solvents from new paint has softened the exposed old basecoat which will cause the spots of orangepeel, the cheapest way to fix this is to wait a few weeks for the new paint to cure (most paint jobs take few months to fully cure,but usually after 2-3 weeks the surface is hard enough to cut and polish without die-back aka "dull")then wetsand with 1500-2000 grit and polish
Stefan
I actually brought my car to another shop and he told me it wasn't orange peel, but actually die back. He said it was from improper spraying and not being baked. He told me he could fix it, but can't guarantee that he wont burn through the paint because he doesn't know how much paint was used.
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Stefan,
I actually brought my car to another shop and he told me it wasn't orange peel, but actually die back. He said it was from improper spraying and not being baked. He told me he could fix it, but can't guarantee that he wont burn through the paint because he doesn't know how much paint was used.
I actually brought my car to another shop and he told me it wasn't orange peel, but actually die back. He said it was from improper spraying and not being baked. He told me he could fix it, but can't guarantee that he wont burn through the paint because he doesn't know how much paint was used.
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