Right. I had nothing but problems with this stuff and trying to get it to form a decent topcoat. First time round I used the light grey primer and phantom black on top and it looked good but would scratch real easy. :redface: figured coats went on too heavy or something...
Now couple years later I tryed a decent 2 pack (catalysed) primer, which worked a treat and with a bit of heat cured on there nice and solid.
Left for 24hours. Put a real fine dust coat of phatom black on, heated left it for 30 mins or so to cool down. Put another fine coat on there so most of the of the primer was gone and it was just a matt black, heated again left for again to set then put a final coat on there and heated. Nice, shiney gloss finsih, NO runs..
Temp has been around 60* to 70* and 3 days later I can still scratch off the phantom black....
Seroiusly people I done my research properly from the advice given on this forum, sanded it all back to bear metal, 50/50 vinegar and water, left to dry etc nice thin coats of paint building it up to nice finish and still not durable.
Sure it looks good but still chips pretty easy and is nowhere near as good as what I would expect it to be..:facepalm: I really took my time on this one making sure all the correct prep work was done properly before paint etc.
Just seems to me as if this phatom black stuff is literally for touch ups on scratches or small stuff not whole engine repaint... Like I said, looks real good but doesn't seem tough enough to last another 40 odd years...... Anyone else had this problem before with quicksilver phatom black or am I just not doing it right...
Either way I'm pretty annoyed with it considering the time, money and effort ive invested in to it.....
Now couple years later I tryed a decent 2 pack (catalysed) primer, which worked a treat and with a bit of heat cured on there nice and solid.
Left for 24hours. Put a real fine dust coat of phatom black on, heated left it for 30 mins or so to cool down. Put another fine coat on there so most of the of the primer was gone and it was just a matt black, heated again left for again to set then put a final coat on there and heated. Nice, shiney gloss finsih, NO runs..
Temp has been around 60* to 70* and 3 days later I can still scratch off the phantom black....
Seroiusly people I done my research properly from the advice given on this forum, sanded it all back to bear metal, 50/50 vinegar and water, left to dry etc nice thin coats of paint building it up to nice finish and still not durable.Sure it looks good but still chips pretty easy and is nowhere near as good as what I would expect it to be..:facepalm: I really took my time on this one making sure all the correct prep work was done properly before paint etc.
Just seems to me as if this phatom black stuff is literally for touch ups on scratches or small stuff not whole engine repaint... Like I said, looks real good but doesn't seem tough enough to last another 40 odd years
...... Anyone else had this problem before with quicksilver phatom black or am I just not doing it right...Either way I'm pretty annoyed with it considering the time, money and effort ive invested in to it.....
