NOOOOO!!! What have i done???

[D.J.]

My best paint job ever and its like this Guess i screwed it with clearcoat (applied it too soon).
Is there anything i can do?

[supermod04]

what the hell.....that sucks.....the only clear coat problem i ever had was i applied it and it started to bubble and flake. looks to me you didnt wait for the paint to dry. i would wet sand wet sand and all and reshoot the paint. the body work is still good just a new fresh coat of paint.

[jswillmon]

??????????
never seen that before, looks like you really f'd it up

[Vric]

It's a usual problem with Testor Clear when you apply too heavy coat too soon. (never had this problem with other clear, but might be the same reason)

there is nothing to do except sanding everything and start again

[mike@af]

What the hell?

What brand of paint are you using? What type of paint are you using? The problem is the paint shrunk, its probably not the clear coat. After the paint fully cured it shrunk do to a chemical reaction.

[Renegade]

wo wo wo wo not a nice scene.
The gold paint shrinked ... Never seen anything like that. You'll have to sand it. Damn, that looks ugly.

[StephenDeli]

Damn that shit is whack!!!!! I have never seen that with a clear coat before. You got orange peel and crazy stuff in the panel lines. Get busy sanding. Hope everythign turns out okay.

[rx7king]

thats f'ed up to say the least, start over is my only suggestion

[RallyRaider]

Nasty, I also have never seen that reaction before. Bad luck man. What type of paints were you using and how soon did you apply the topcoat?

Being metallic there is probably no choice but to strip/sand back and start again. If it was a solid colour maybe you could have repainted the 'split' areas then leveled it down with a polishing kit. But metallics don't take to well to being sanded directly so that is not really much of an option.

[TanKaBoY]

w0w, i could learn from all u guyz mistakes =D

but still that really sucks, hope u can fix it!!

[Renegade]

What about striping the paint off with DOT4 brake fluid. I saw some post that guys recomend that. I think that would be the easyest way to strip the paint.

[MPWR]

What brand of paint/clear are you using?

It does look like the gold shrunk- alot. There's realy no way to deal with it once it's happened, time to strip and try again. Chalk it up to learning.

Stripping with sandpaper is a nasty, tedious, ineffective process. If you used enamel or acrylic, soak it in CSC. If it's Tamiya laquer, soak it in 91% isopropyl alcohol, covered. The trick is to find a container with a cover that you can strip a car in. Fortunately for me, the local Chinese takeout place sells wanton soup by the quart, and the plastic container nicely fits a car. If these don't work (they should!), you can try (gasp!) brake fluid- but it's nasty sh*t, and you have to find an approved way of disposing of it when you're done. DO NOT pour it down the drain, and I can't recommend using it in your brake system afterwards. Still, I'd use brake fluid before trying to strip paint by sanding. Stripping this should be easy, as the paint obviously didn't stick to the car as well as it should have.

Two steps to try to prevent this happening again:
1. Primer- if you didn't use it, it will help the paint stick to the car body, and make it less likely to shrink.

2. Wait sufficient time before clearcoating- wait a full week between painting and clearcoating, period. The paint may look dry, but it neds to have fully cured before being covered, or nasty things will happen (I'm guessing this was the problem). This waiting time is why car models have interiors to be built!

Everyone strips paint at one point, and often a model cannot be considered to be finished unless it's been stripped and repainted at least once. It is a good way to learn....

[labandabonnot]

MMMMmmmh.... Did you wash the body before applying the paint?

[Orion37170]

once i had this problem to on my prowler.....was a perfect paintshop with bmw daytonaviolet by duplicolor and after applying the "cheap" clearcoat it ended up like your model

[D.J.]

I have duplicolor (automotive paints) paints, everything, primer, paint, clearcoat. I applied clearcoat much too soon, that is after 30 min, but that is because Renegade has done the same with the same materials and nothing went wrong.. Guess not after a few days for clearcoat from now on..
School for the future, now im gonna strip it in brake fluid and start all over again.. Must i apply primer again?

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