I know this is a common topic, but thought I would get some feed back from you guys/gals on TRF. Currently painting my SUMO and trying to do a cool muti-color paint scheme. Can't wait until it's done. Initially I had painted the red portion of the scheme and had both fins exposed and what happened is I ended up getting over spray on them. So I came back and hit them real quick with 600 to knock the roughness down and followed with 1500 (both sides). I used compressed air to dry them and waited a couple days before repainting, but this time I decided to paint them one at a time to avoid the over spray so only one fin is exposed. First fin turned out great, no over spray, but got some fog in the paint.
This has happened to me before, but not this bad. My fix has always been to wet sand the fin with 800-1000 let the rocket dry and shoot several lite coats of clear coat on it. It seems to turn out nice.
Why does the paint fog? I heard it's from moisture in the air, but here in Cali the humidity isn't bad. I sprayed a few lite coats and then wet the paint on the last couple. I didn't get any runs so I know I wasn't putting it on that heavy. So what actually happens to this fog when you wet sand it. I know it disappears, but beneath it is still color right? I'm debating to spray another coat later?
Sometimes when I paint over primer I don't get this at all. Paint flows nicely and dries with no fog like finish.
I was using Duplicolor Enamel Paint.
This has happened to me before, but not this bad. My fix has always been to wet sand the fin with 800-1000 let the rocket dry and shoot several lite coats of clear coat on it. It seems to turn out nice.
Why does the paint fog? I heard it's from moisture in the air, but here in Cali the humidity isn't bad. I sprayed a few lite coats and then wet the paint on the last couple. I didn't get any runs so I know I wasn't putting it on that heavy. So what actually happens to this fog when you wet sand it. I know it disappears, but beneath it is still color right? I'm debating to spray another coat later?
Sometimes when I paint over primer I don't get this at all. Paint flows nicely and dries with no fog like finish.
I was using Duplicolor Enamel Paint.