Gloss Disaster

General Discussion
1

 Guys,

 

Well, I did a succesful glass job and I was cooking. Sanded back, one minor burn through (no issues). So, decided a gloss coat would look nice with the red and black pigment as they were a bit dull. 

Got my UV resin out added 5% styrene. Took it outside to bake and the weather turned bad (I live in Melbourne, if anyone knows Melbourne they would understand) temps dropped, rain occured and something happened a tacky uneven gloss coat. 

So, i went to the bible (swaylocks) a few people have had the problem before, so I tried wax paper, acetone and finally had to sand it back due to the uneveness of the gloss coat. I started at 120 and this was a nightmare all the way to 400, the sand paper was getting clogged with the tackiness. So, i was chewing throught the pads and I just couldn’t get it flush. 

Normally sanding on a filler coat is a breeze, this was extremely painful and caused further unenveness. Below is a picture of what i was able to accomplish.

What can I do to recover this mess.

Re-Gloss, Paint, sand again?

Bad gloss

 

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2

Just do another hot coat (sanding coat) and then sand it back. Easy, cheap fix.

3

Thanks mate. 

 

What about the current unevenness, will that fill the small dents?

4

Sorry to bump my thread but I was wondering will another filler coat get rid of the imperfections you see on the photo?

Or will they shine through?

5

I would do a cheater hotcoat to fill some of those voids and then 80 grit back down into that failed gloss and try to get yourself back down into a lighter. cleaner surface. then re-gloss.

Also could be a bad angle of the photo but it looks like the box is too far from the tail.

 

6

Thanks acqua for the info. I reckon I will go down that path, just fearful of another gloss coat. 

 

Yeah the photo is horrible and looks massively out of place. It’s just the angle I took it on.