I have always used Dupli-color and I have always had the best results I deserved.. That is if I put the effort into prep and such the results were good few surprises.
But I was sick and tired of trooping all over town to get supplies and the fact I can only seem to find Dupli-color clear in little cans, I went with a Rustoleum product.
I had shot the side panels, they were in good shape so they only got light sanding and two coats. The first shot of clear (after almost a week of drying) and one side panel crinkled. Now the other side panel took the clear fine. In fact it would be done except I hit a corner too hard and ended up with a pretty nasty run. Neither side panel got primer and they both had about the same color coat. I sanded down the crinkled panel, laid 3-4 heavy coats (in fact it looked OK and I was thinking about skipping the clear). And let it set up for 4 days.
Meanwhile, this year I put a lot of time into sanding and filling the tank, not perfect (as I found once the primer went on) but pretty good. After seeing the reaction to the side panel and knowing there were at least four layers of paint on the tank, I put 3 coats of primer, sanded then added 2 or 3 more. I laid on the color and that looked OK too. I sanded the tank and was pretty happy. Though various lights seemed to make the paint look thin, so I shot two more coats. It was looking good this morning so I shot it and the "fixed" side panel with clear. The tank looked fine, so I moved to the side panel.
After laying a coat on the side panel I look at the tank.... Yup it was crinkling in patches. Looked back at the side panel. Yup it was too.
At this point I'm either going without clear or saying F it and bedliner the whole mess....
WTF?? All the paint was the same brand, same "line" some parts were fine, others crinkled? This is serious crinkle too. Since the color is red they look like valve covers on a Ferrari.
But I was sick and tired of trooping all over town to get supplies and the fact I can only seem to find Dupli-color clear in little cans, I went with a Rustoleum product.
I had shot the side panels, they were in good shape so they only got light sanding and two coats. The first shot of clear (after almost a week of drying) and one side panel crinkled. Now the other side panel took the clear fine. In fact it would be done except I hit a corner too hard and ended up with a pretty nasty run. Neither side panel got primer and they both had about the same color coat. I sanded down the crinkled panel, laid 3-4 heavy coats (in fact it looked OK and I was thinking about skipping the clear). And let it set up for 4 days.
Meanwhile, this year I put a lot of time into sanding and filling the tank, not perfect (as I found once the primer went on) but pretty good. After seeing the reaction to the side panel and knowing there were at least four layers of paint on the tank, I put 3 coats of primer, sanded then added 2 or 3 more. I laid on the color and that looked OK too. I sanded the tank and was pretty happy. Though various lights seemed to make the paint look thin, so I shot two more coats. It was looking good this morning so I shot it and the "fixed" side panel with clear. The tank looked fine, so I moved to the side panel.
After laying a coat on the side panel I look at the tank.... Yup it was crinkling in patches. Looked back at the side panel. Yup it was too.
At this point I'm either going without clear or saying F it and bedliner the whole mess....
WTF?? All the paint was the same brand, same "line" some parts were fine, others crinkled? This is serious crinkle too. Since the color is red they look like valve covers on a Ferrari.
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