On or around Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:21:23 +0100, Stephen Hull <
[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:
>Are you sure it is a paint/solvent reaction? Have you painted over
>existing newly applied paint which is still relatively soft underneath?
no, the existing paint has been there for a year or so. The chap in the
paint shop reckons that the solvent in the new paint is softening the old
paint, though, so it might be similar to what you say below.
>Solvent reaction normally starts immediately, whereas this sounds like
>you've applied the outer paint too thick over newish soft paint which
>hasn't had time to dry/cure properly, this can cause wrinkling as the
>outer surface has dried but the underneath layer is still drying which
>will pull the outer pull the outer layer as it dries.
>
>Any pictures?
I can take some.
I suspect the thickness might be relevant. The first bit I did, I found the
paint a bit thick to brush out thin enough, and since then I've thinned it a
bit, it might stand thinning a bit more yet.
The paint is Leyland universal gloss paint, which according to the tin is
suitable for wood or metal, indoors or out.
I'll leave it for a week or two to harden some more, then try a second coat
on one bit and see what happens. If the problem's still there, I'll have to
think again; in that case it'll probably be out with the nitromors, strip it
back to metal, etch and start again, but that's a lot of work.
I do in fact have a colour code for it, of some sort - the label says:
S8010-R50B
NCS Edition II
in the event that it doesn't work and I end up doing a full repaint, anyone
know of a supplier of decent coach enamel (suitable for brushing) who can
make up paint based on such a code?
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