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  • Member since
    April 2011
  • From: Western Chicago Suburbs
Dull Coat Disaster
Posted by John T on Sunday, March 15, 2015 8:13 PM

Need some help.  I was ready to complete the finish on a kit (Model Master Acryl - Future - Decals - Washes) and broke out the dull coat...and it turned out very rough and "splotchy".  Nothing new in the process, but I've never experienced this result before.

Any ideas of the cause and, more importantly, is their a fix short of taking the finish down to parade rest and starting over?

Tags: clear coat
  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, March 16, 2015 10:08 AM

Maybe sprayed from too far a distance, maybe nozzle not clean.  Only fix I am aware of is extremely fine sandpaper/polishing paper.  Those kinds of problem is a good reason to have some of the multi-thousand grades.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    November 2014
Posted by BLACKSMITHN on Monday, March 16, 2015 11:46 AM

Don't know if this will help, but you might try it before going the sandpaper route. I had a model that I tried Krylon Low Odor Clear Matte spray on. It came out with white streaks and blotches. After it had dried, I went back over it with a different clear matte spray (Rustoleum, I believe) and the blotchy areas completely disappeared. I still have no idea what really caused the problem or why a different brand cleared it up.

  • Member since
    April 2011
  • From: Western Chicago Suburbs
Posted by John T on Monday, March 16, 2015 11:57 AM

Thanks. Plenty of polishing pads in standby, and I've even started working on one of the stabilizers. I dread trying to work some of the tight areas areas without removing paint.

I'm ready to try anything short of giving Jobu a shot of rum, but I'm not sure another product will correct this.  What appeared at first as splotches is more of an unlevel - almost pitted - laydown of the coat. I tried a coat of future over a small area to see if that would help, but it just gave it a glossy, jacked-up look.

  • Member since
    August 2014
Posted by Adam148 on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 9:54 AM
"F-you, Jobu. I do it myself."

Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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