It came from the black lagoon...

[neepheid]

Last night I was braver with my flatting, and I got it pretty much flat.  Unfortunately, I sprayed a couple of coats over the top and it's gone a bit orange peel-y.  Very frustrating, I've done the same thing in the same way for the past 3 nights.  I think I'll blast a couple more coats on it tonight before band rehearsal and see if it levels out a bit, after that I guess I'll just have to buff it out.  Pain.

 

 

 

 

[neepheid]

43 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

'Test in inconspicuous area of the garment'

 

We're well past the testing stage now!

[Hellzero]

As your paint dilution and viscosity could be discarded, the orange peel effect appears when you're too far from the surface or too many passes (the paint is not dry enough between passes) or when there's a draft, or all of these.

[neepheid]

9 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

As your paint dilution and viscosity could be discarded, the orange peel effect appears when you're too far from the surface or too many passes (the paint is not dry enough between passes) or when there's a draft, or all of these.

 

Must be the environmental then (am spraying in an unheated, uninsulated shed, so save for wind whatever's going on outside is happening inside also).  I'm using the same timings as before, as instructed on the can (3 minute shake, 2 coats 5 minutes apart at 6"/15cm distance, 15 mins touch dry, 24 hour cure), so I left it 15 mins between double coats and that was working fine for the past two nights.  I know men cannot be relied upon 100% to know what six inches looks like, but I'd like to think I was in the ball park most of the time...

[Hellzero]

My late father would have had the exact answer in no time as he explained me why, once (he wasn't pedagogical at all, so only once), why the orange peel effect appears, so as all, but the environment has been excluded, it was certainly too cold that night compared to the other times.

[neepheid]

Ach, no matter, probably blast a couple more coats on that, then flatten back, then polish.  Should be fine.  Was just annoyed because it had been going on smooth and great until then.