Found a trick for blending metallic paint that saved my bacon on a Corolla yesterday

Was working on a 2018 Corolla rear quarter panel in Chandler, and the metallic was spraying all patchy no matter what I did. Tried adjusting the gun pressure, changed the fluid tip, nothing worked. Finally called my old boss and he said to back way off on the reducer, like half what I normally use. Shot it at 28 psi with a 1.4 tip and it laid down perfect, no mottling at all. Anyone else run into this where the manufacturers recommended mix just doesn't work on certain colors?

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samf959d ago

28 psi with a 1.4 tip is way lower than I'd expect for most metallics. Did cutting the reducer that much mess with the flow or leave any dry spots on the clear?

the_rose9d ago

Dropping to 26 with a bit more reducer sorted that issue right out.