By pauldee - 1/22/2014 6:23:54 PM
Hi all , I seem to be getting a lot of tiny air bubbles appearing when I apply the clear coat, I am carbon skinning parts , I thoroughly clean and prep the parts, No problems with resin when applying, all seems to go very well , I spend a lot of time wet flatting the parts down and to be fair they look perfect ie nice and even , smooth and no visible signs of any holes or bubbles, I use a heat gun during resin coats making sure all bubbles are gone. I use acetone to clean the parts before clear coats, I really can't see why I am getting so many , although I am fairly new to carbon skinning ,I am not a noob when it comes to car painting ,I've been painting for 25+ years now.
Is there anything i am missing here.
Thankyou.
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By pauldee - 1/31/2014 4:13:03 PM
Ok thanks for the replies , things I've tried so far are , wet flatting back leave for 24/36/72 hours before applying 2k clear coat , various ways of clear coating, ie: dust coating then heavy coats, also putting wetter coats with more thinners to try and get it to seal anything, flatten it back then reapplying another 2 or 3 clear coats .
here's a piece i finished yesterday really pleased with how it came out apart from these damn pinholes. this is after wet flatting back and re coating.
2nd pic is first application of clearcoat as you can see the pinholes were really bad, and i will add you couldn't see any defects or pin holes before i clear coated , I would say this part looked perfect
I will persevere however and will try wiping a clear coat by hand to see how that turns out and will report back. Once again thankyou to all who replied.
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