Okay explain this to me, I have a fairly unique woofer box that I originally got for my 94 teal trans am, so I had it painted to match, well I got my Z28 last year and finally decided it was time to change the color to match the new car. I prepped well, sanded, filled some chips with bondo, primed and allowed plenty of time inbetween steps. Today I sprayed 3 coats of gloss black on got great coverage, and then let it dry for several hours. I decided to shoot my clear on before I went to bed and to my horror the entire thing began to fish eye all the way back to the original color in spots, this thing was solid black, and very dry to the touch, I should of just left it at that without the clear. So anyways I was just wondering what would cause something like to happen? Not enough time inbetween coats? I was sure I allowed enough time to cure, anyways, let me know what you all think.

 

damnit I posted this in the wrong section could a mod move this to the appearance section?

 

That happened to me before, turned out I was spraying too heavy. I just dust for the first coat and get a little heavier on the second and third coats. I may go back to a fourth coat if necessary. Also, if it was cold where you were painting it, that might have had an effect on it...it did it to me when I was painting in my unheated garage.

 

If you can remove everything you've applied to your box, try this:

Get a quart of bonding primer and have it tinted to 1/2 of the color of your topcoat. Apply it and let it dry for one day. When this is dry, apply your topcoat and add Floetrol (if your paint is latex) or Penetrol (if it's oil) and this will make it level easier and eliminate fisheyes, which are caused from air under the topcoat.

A good topcoat for your project is Sherwin-Williams All Surface Enamel Oil (Satin or Gloss). If you apply this with a small foam hot-dog roller, it'll look like glass afterwards, if that's the look you're after.

If you have any more questions about this, let me know.

 

Thanks for all the help, but I decided to go a more rugged direction. I took it all back down to bare fiberglass, laid a decent coat of primer, sanded with 220 and then blasted it with black rhino lining, looks damn good I think, its in my basement fulling curing because it decided to freeze here tonight "damn nebraska weather anyways" once it is all done I will post up my completed projects in the appearance section if you all are interested.