The Z'eer
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Seeking some advice on 1K acrylic lacquer here.
Firstly the primer, base and lacquer are all 1K acrylic Simoniz aerosols.
The work so far:
Grey primer; four reasonably heavy coats left for 48 hours at room temp (22 degrees c) wet sanded with 800.
Base coat; gloss black. Five reasonably heavy coats, again 48 hours at room temp, wet sanded with 800, all orange peel removed then wet sanded with 1200 for a key for the lacquer.
Clear lacquer: Six heavy coats, once more with 48 hours to dry at room temp, wet sanded with 800, 1200, 2500, and finally 4000.
Finally Meguiar's Ultimate Compound then Meguiar's Ultimate Polish. Both applied with a very soft microfibre.
Looks pretty good...
...until direct sunlight lands on it
The finish is full of hair line swirls/scratches, causing a nasty hazy look. It's definitely not any wet sand scratches, I proved this by rubbing the polish in straight lines and the miniscule scratches then appear in that direction.
The lacquer was applied on Monday, and my feeling is that it's not dried or cured properly. I believe it's not hard enough, it's very smooth to the touch but running your fingers across it and it's sort of tacky. Also, with medium pressure it's quite easy to make a fingernail mark.
I've used a hair drier at relative distance and for minute or so, the a faint smell of lacquer is present near the surface.
I would have gone the 2K route but I don't have an air fed mask. Has anyone else experienced problems like this with these Simoniz products and/or other 1K acrylic lacquer?
Firstly the primer, base and lacquer are all 1K acrylic Simoniz aerosols.
The work so far:
Grey primer; four reasonably heavy coats left for 48 hours at room temp (22 degrees c) wet sanded with 800.
Base coat; gloss black. Five reasonably heavy coats, again 48 hours at room temp, wet sanded with 800, all orange peel removed then wet sanded with 1200 for a key for the lacquer.
Clear lacquer: Six heavy coats, once more with 48 hours to dry at room temp, wet sanded with 800, 1200, 2500, and finally 4000.
Finally Meguiar's Ultimate Compound then Meguiar's Ultimate Polish. Both applied with a very soft microfibre.
Looks pretty good...
...until direct sunlight lands on it
The finish is full of hair line swirls/scratches, causing a nasty hazy look. It's definitely not any wet sand scratches, I proved this by rubbing the polish in straight lines and the miniscule scratches then appear in that direction.
The lacquer was applied on Monday, and my feeling is that it's not dried or cured properly. I believe it's not hard enough, it's very smooth to the touch but running your fingers across it and it's sort of tacky. Also, with medium pressure it's quite easy to make a fingernail mark.
I've used a hair drier at relative distance and for minute or so, the a faint smell of lacquer is present near the surface.
I would have gone the 2K route but I don't have an air fed mask. Has anyone else experienced problems like this with these Simoniz products and/or other 1K acrylic lacquer?
Never heard or seen one of those before, thank you for advice there.
