I need some help with painting my car. I am using an HVLP gun and Nason Acrylic Enamel metallic green plus reducer and catalyst (single stage.) The application went on just fine with very little orange peel and I was pretty happy with the coverage. The main problem I have is a noticable striping pattern in the paint. I did eveything the way I thought I was supposed to, including overlapping the spray and I had the air pressure set according to manufacturer's specs.

I have included a picture of the trunk which I shot earlier today here:

http://home.mchsi.com/~pcrepairserv/Trunklid.jpg

I wouldn't mind shooting more coats if I could avoid the striping problem. I really don't want to resand and start over.

Any help would be MUCH appreciated!


-Kevin

Did you prime or apply a basecoat?

Did you prime or apply a basecoat?

Yes - I primed and put on a sealer. Actually, I fine-tuned my technique a little bit by misting a top coat on and was able to even out the striping. The only problem I'm now having is that I'm getting some orange peel instead :banghead:

Do the mist coat then one or 2 "wet" coats.

3 medium wet coats, flash time in between the first two coats, and use "cross-coat" technique on the third coat

In the past when I've had this problem, I turn the air pressure up a little and spray about 8 in away from the surface. It looks like your streaks are more obvious towards the rollover in the panel. That is usually caused by the gun coming closer to the surface as you roll over the edge.
Instead of rolling over an edge, try spraying from side to side, not top to bottom.