I need a little advice spraying Rustoleum as I'm getting fish eyes. I'm not sure if there's something contaminating the surface (don't think so) or if it won't lay down well on the 4 day old previous coat.
I was having problems with the Rustoleum wrinkling if I sprayed 2 coats withing an hour, it looked great after spraying, but the next day it was wrinkled. The top dried while the bottom was still out-gassing, wrinkles all over the place. It was a night mare as the stuff takes 1+ month to harden enough to wetsand,,, this happened 2 times, Grrrrrr. So this time I decided to spray 1 coat, wait 24 hours (as the can says to do) and then spray the finish coat. It looked great after the first coat, but as per the norm, I want to spray 2 coats.
1 day turned into 4 and when I sprayed the Rustoleum I saw several fish eyes
I immediately broke out the paint thinner and sprayed it down to wash off the paint, aired it off, wiped it down with a paper towel and paint thinner to get off any residue, aired it off again and then sprayed it with paint. This time a few runs (and maybe fish eye's? don't know as I was PO'ed) so I washed the paint off and dried it. Sprayed it again and fish eyes, WT*? Washed the paint off again and called it a night.
After air drying all night it looked good so I blew the few specs of dust off it and proceeded to spray it. Before I was 1/4 done the gimble ring had fish eyes all over it so out comes the paint thinner again to wash the paint off.
SO, do I need to clean the surface better (I think I might be getting some grease residue from the upper and lower bushings) or scuff the whole thing with 400 grit wetsand and shoot it again? I've been using paint thinner to wipe it down and make sure there's no surface contamination, but questioning if that might be where the problem lies. I was thinking of acetone or laquer thinner might work better to wipe it down, but don't want to try it as it will most likely eat the uncured Rustoleum and make a bigger mess than I all ready have.
Oh yeah, I've shot Rustoleum a bunch of times and haven't had problems like this, friggin transom assembly is kicking my butt.
I was having problems with the Rustoleum wrinkling if I sprayed 2 coats withing an hour, it looked great after spraying, but the next day it was wrinkled. The top dried while the bottom was still out-gassing, wrinkles all over the place. It was a night mare as the stuff takes 1+ month to harden enough to wetsand,,, this happened 2 times, Grrrrrr. So this time I decided to spray 1 coat, wait 24 hours (as the can says to do) and then spray the finish coat. It looked great after the first coat, but as per the norm, I want to spray 2 coats.
1 day turned into 4 and when I sprayed the Rustoleum I saw several fish eyes
I immediately broke out the paint thinner and sprayed it down to wash off the paint, aired it off, wiped it down with a paper towel and paint thinner to get off any residue, aired it off again and then sprayed it with paint. This time a few runs (and maybe fish eye's? don't know as I was PO'ed) so I washed the paint off and dried it. Sprayed it again and fish eyes, WT*? Washed the paint off again and called it a night.After air drying all night it looked good so I blew the few specs of dust off it and proceeded to spray it. Before I was 1/4 done the gimble ring had fish eyes all over it
so out comes the paint thinner again to wash the paint off.SO, do I need to clean the surface better (I think I might be getting some grease residue from the upper and lower bushings) or scuff the whole thing with 400 grit wetsand and shoot it again? I've been using paint thinner to wipe it down and make sure there's no surface contamination, but questioning if that might be where the problem lies. I was thinking of acetone or laquer thinner might work better to wipe it down, but don't want to try it as it will most likely eat the uncured Rustoleum and make a bigger mess than I all ready have.
Oh yeah, I've shot Rustoleum a bunch of times and haven't had problems like this, friggin transom assembly is kicking my butt.
