is it normal for clear lacquer to...

Depends on if it is orange peel of the clear coat or an interaction with the paint. Both can be "normal" or it could be one or the other.

Was the paint completely cured? Did you thin the clear down sufficiently, and was the thinner you used compatable?

You can sand out the orange peel with a polishing stick and water. Wet sand and rub out just like the custom car guys do.

 

new1 wrote:

i used HOK Kustom kolor turquoise, which i assumed was lacquer based paint my question is, is it normal right after spraying the clear coat for it to crinkle the way it did, it just didn't look right.

 

Unfortumatly you where wrong its an enamel based paint and enamel and laquer dont really get along. unless you really know how to play ywith it.

Smokinguns3, you are correct, i had bought 3 other HOK Kustom kolor paints, and they were lacquer based, i guess i kind of assumed that they were all lacquer. i looked on the other 3 bottles and they didn't say anything, so i asked on here if they were  lacquer based or enamel, someone told me lacquer, so i didn't think anything of it when i sprayed the clear laquer onto that enamel paint.  well... at least it is an easy fix...  and so we close another chapter in the school of hard knocks