Shoutout to the guy who figured out why my paint kept fisheyeing after 4 hours of frustration

Spent last Tuesday fighting with a hood respray on a 2018 Silverado. Could not get the clear to lay down flat, kept getting fisheyes no matter what I did. After stripping it back twice and wasting about 3 hours, a buddy walked over and pointed at my silicone spray can sitting on the bench 10 feet away from the booth. Turns out I had been spraying panels near where I used that stuff the day before and it drifted into the air. Took 20 minutes to wipe everything down with wax and grease remover and it laid perfect after that. Has anyone else had a tiny contaminant wreck a whole job like that?

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morgan_lewis1817d ago

My buddy Mike had this exact thing happen on a Ford Mustang he was painting a few years back. He spent like 5 hours sanding and respraying the driver side door before he realized his dog had been sleeping in the garage and must have brought in some silicone from a lawn chair treatment he used outside. @leo603 I get what you're saying about stepping back but sometimes you get so locked in on the problem you dont see it. He wiped everything down with prep solvent and a clean rag and it laid down like glass on the next try. It's wild how one tiny thing can mess up hours of work.

leo60317d ago

Overreacting a bit maybe? Four hours sounds like you were being stubborn instead of stepping back to think. Ive had silicone drift ruin a job before too but it took me maybe 30 minutes to figure it out. Wiping down with prep solvent fixed it right up. Not saying it didnt happen but blaming "4 hours of frustration" on a spray can sitting ten feet away feels like you were just having a bad day.