Hi folks,
I laid down some Chinese Red Rustoleum Lacquer today, and it looked beautiful when I put it on, but parts of it dried matte, typical of what has been described as "blush" caused by humidity. I didn't realize it when I sprayed the paint, but we had ~80% humidity at the time, at about 58 degrees F. It was chilling down rapidly, and I was rushing to get paint on, and probably should have waited until another day, warmer and less humid.
Anyway, I'm inclined just to cover it up with a nice coat of clear lacquer (to be shot well within proper painting temp/humidity conditions!) which would presumably slightly melt the surface of the red paint, as successive lacquer coats do, eliminating the surface blush effect. There's no wrinkling or anything awful like that.
I already unmasked the piece (I do this as soon as the paint will let me), but it occurs to me I could also have just laid down another coat of the red (again, within proper weather conditions) to cure it probably as well.
Other thoughts occur to me like color sanding or using polishing compound to bring out a gloss. Though, those seem like more work :eyeroll:
Just curious what you pros do, if you back yourself into this particular corner.
Thanks.
Marc
I laid down some Chinese Red Rustoleum Lacquer today, and it looked beautiful when I put it on, but parts of it dried matte, typical of what has been described as "blush" caused by humidity. I didn't realize it when I sprayed the paint, but we had ~80% humidity at the time, at about 58 degrees F. It was chilling down rapidly, and I was rushing to get paint on, and probably should have waited until another day, warmer and less humid.
Anyway, I'm inclined just to cover it up with a nice coat of clear lacquer (to be shot well within proper painting temp/humidity conditions!) which would presumably slightly melt the surface of the red paint, as successive lacquer coats do, eliminating the surface blush effect. There's no wrinkling or anything awful like that.
I already unmasked the piece (I do this as soon as the paint will let me), but it occurs to me I could also have just laid down another coat of the red (again, within proper weather conditions) to cure it probably as well.
Other thoughts occur to me like color sanding or using polishing compound to bring out a gloss. Though, those seem like more work :eyeroll:
Just curious what you pros do, if you back yourself into this particular corner.
Thanks.
Marc
) In fair weather, local humidity typically peaks overnight and in the early morning hours. It remains high during the morning and then declines during the day, reaching its daily minimum in the middle and late afternoon. As dusk approaches it starts to rise again and steadily increases all evening. YMMV, though, so check the local reading for your area. I have no garage, shed or carport, so my backyard is my spray booth. As a result of all of the spray painting of rockets that I did this summer, my lawn acquired some interesting hues. 
