ACLAD Buff out question

I've never tried rubbing or polishing Alclad after spraying, but I'm thinking that may not do much for you, if addressing contaminate materials.

When I have had anything show up in the Alclad surface, I have just used ultra fine sandpaper in progressively finer grades to level it all out, then resprayed, masking panel lines as needed to avoid boundary overspray effect. 

I'm quite new to metallic finishes myself, let's hear from some of the more experienced folks about this and their suggestions. Thanks in advance for any responses.

Patrick

Hi Patrick.  I think you are right, Aclad did push out the contanimates as it cured, but left the imprint, and we are talking flea sized here, but the metal finish is so fine that the smallest flake or hair sticks right out. I tried rubbing and it tarnishes the finish and leaves rub burns, which I am guessing the finish is not fully cured or my mix ratio was not right. I'll try it again tomorrow. If worse case, I will resand, wash, and try another shoot in an even more controlled environment, like my bathtub, just will have to do it when my wifes at work.  

The subcoat for Alclad metal finishes needs to be perfect- no other way to get around it.  Alclad is not the easiest stuff to use because of it.  The old saying that paint will cover a multitude of sins is not valid for Alclad.  An alclad coat is extremely thin and any imperfections in that subcoat WILL show.  Only solution is what the scottrc suggested- sand down into that primer layer and redo it, then do the Alclad again.  I have had to do that on quite a few models using Alclad finishes.  A lot of work, but the results are worth it.