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Originally Posted by Banditperformance
I fully cure basecoat as well. I have half cured base before, and got mixing of the 2 coats. SOme pieces I shoot hot, others cold. Pieces with alot of contours and hard to reach areas, shoot hot. alot easier to see.
Callmej, sounds like you are not applying enough powder. If you are trying for a real light candy coat, then you will have to shoot hot, and half cured, so the thin coat will flow into the base and be a smooth finish. I have had mixed success with this. It's also real easy to get shade variations throughout the part with a light coat. I put a diecent coat on all my candy works now. Customers are allways happy, and its real easy for me to match up in the future.
BTW, out of personal experience, Lolly Blue seems to be the hardest to get even shade for me, and really shows shade change with thickness. Lolly Purp and red are way easier IMO
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Hmm....well I usually apply the candy coats on a 2-3mil thickness so I know I get enough of it on there. It happened on a bicycle rim i just shot 3 days ago. I applied the white base, let it cook for 1/2 the time, shot the fluorescent hot, and noticed Faraday on the spokes where they wouldn't stay hot for long. So I stuck it back in the oven and heated it back up for about 4 minutes and pulled it out and shot the entire rim again and it came out dry looking. Hardly no gloss at all. I read alot of troubleshooting and it pointed in the direction of overbake of base coat. I strictly adhere to cook times and temps too.