Surface problems when coating with XCR skinning


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Alvydas Jatkialo
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EDIT: I've used 150 and 220 foam backed sandpaper in step 5.

All work is done at 25C
I'm skinning some parts with XCR. Process is as follows:
1. Basecoat. 
2. I put carbon after basecoat reaches B-stage.
3. Everything goes into vacuum bag @ 20-30% vacuum overnight.
4. I put 3 coats of clear with 1h 30 min intervals as instructed in XCR datasheet
5. After 24 hours at room temp, and 8 hours at 60-70C in the oven I dry sand with 220 and 400 grit, wash off the dust, dry, degrease the surface.
6. Two more coats of clear resin similar as in (4)

Now the surface after two last coats has many craters. Is this called fish eyes?


How to prevent them? Last time I've tried acetone, silicone remover, and IPA alcohol on three different pieces before last two coats. All 3 pieces have exactly the same defects.
Edited 6 Years Ago by Alvydas Jatkialo
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