Clear coat painting?

[gran racing]

I finally finished painting the interior. That taping seemed to take forever! I like how it came out, but would like a bit more gloss to it. So I decided to apply a "crystal clear" coat to the paint. It is the same brand as the paint and primer I used (good ole Krylon). But now there is a dust like coating on the surface. And it is definately not dust - it is from the clear coat.

Is this normal? What do you recommend I use to clean it up? Maybe a wax? Or just something like a window cleaner? I'll be really disappointed if it doesn't look nice after all of that time!

[SilverHorseRacing]

You're seeing the paint drying before it is blending into the prior coat. It's spraying dry, not too much you can do with spray cans, since you can't control the reducer's flash-off time...technique plays into it, but even good techniques won't make up completely for spray can's inability to normally spray large areas.

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-Marcello Canitano
www.SilverHorseRacing.com

[gran racing]

So any recommendations at this point?

[Speed Raycer]

Did you spray it on thick enough to wetsand it?

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Scott
It's not what you build...
it's how you build it

[moto62]

Originally posted by gran racing:
So any recommendations at this point?

Any decent wax with cleaners in it or a light polishing compound will take off the mist and make that baby shine and although it's a helluvalotta work, it'll be beautiful in the end.
Ray

[John Herman]

Take some VERY FINE steel wool to it. If I recall its something rated like 0000 grade. Use it dry and vacuum up the bits and pieces. You can find it at Home Depot in the furniture refinishing area. I also use it to clean up plastic parts which get overspray on them.

[bodyshop]

Try this on a small spot. Get another can of the same clear. Respray a small test spot withthe nozzle closer to the surface. You will have to move the can back and forth a little quicker. If you can't slow down the reducer, maybe you can reduce the time before the reducer hits the metal. This might keep it "wet" enough to smooth the finish. If it works, it will be MUCH easier than sanding/polishing the whole interior.

fred
bodyshop.com

[gran racing]

I was looking at it a little more today. It only has this problem on horizontal surfaces. The vertical ones are o.k. I'm sure it has to do with the overspray floating around then landing on these areas.

I think I'll try using the wax method first, then move on to other solutions if that doesn't work.

Thanks for the help and ideas!

[Quickshoe]

Horizontal surfaces of the interior? Don't worry about it. Rubber bits, gravel, your feet, etc. All will act as their own abrassives on your paint and you won't notice the imperfections after a couple of races.

[gran racing]

Yeah I know. Funny, I almost don't even want to put my feet in the interior. I'm afraid to get it dirty.

When I had the exterior of the car painted last year, I felt the same way. I didn't even want to take it out of the garage. Then after getting my first bump on the rear bumper, I didn't care very much.

What can I say?