final steps for paint

[herrods]

Hey All,

 

I have painted my rocker cover a nice chinny gunmetal

 

its looks fantastic but is a might... sticky, not like wet paint not dried sticky, like... so shiny its not smooth sticky

 

what is the final step?

 

do you sand? wash?  spray with something else?  expose to heat?  stare at it really hard...?

 

pic to come when my email stops crashing...

[xa1973]

 

 

Need a bit more detail...

 

What prep did you do and what did you paint it with....

[Sirpent]

Sounds like enamel, what did you paint it in?

[herrods]

- sanded back with 1200 grit

- rubbed back with steel wool

- 2 coats etch primer

- 3 coats hi-temp charcoal aluminium

- 3 coats gloss clear

 

I assume its enamel, it came from a spray can... but man is it the rolls royce of spray cans.

 

[nizm0zed]

shoulda used the Bentley of spraycans, those rolls royces are just wannabe copies.

 

but anyway, back on topic.

What brand?

VHT Engine enamel?

 

Reason i ask is that a mate just painted the rocker cover of his Evo in that, and had the same problem you are describing.

He even baked it in the oven, much to his partners 'choice' words on the matter.

3 days later and it was still tacky.

He painted over it with clear, and it seemed to help, but a few days after the base colour started seeping through.

Once he started sanding it back, he hit the colour and it was still tacky.

As far as we could tell, it was a bad batch of paint.

I have come across quite a few bad batches of paint from VHT.

[herrods]

not VHT.

 

I dont know the brand but it wasnt VHT.  I also got a dud and have steered clear ever since.

 

The paint is not tacky like,,,,  not 100% dry sort of feeling its a bit different, like wow that is so clean my finger cant move smoothly over it.

 

i figured a really light sand would do the trick, but then again i dont want to ruin my rolls royce spray job!