According to Industrial Painting: Principles And Practices. There still be contimaniation in the little pits/scratches of the metal if I strip it with abrasive discs? According to the Coatings Encyclopedic Dictionary, published by the Federation of Societies for Coating Technology, fisheyes are a (1) paint defect that manifests itself by the crawling of wet paint into a recognized pattern resembling small ‘dimples’ or ‘fisheyes.’. Over, and basically loose all my effort of the repairs. My fear is that I will have to strip the whole car to bare metal and start I suspect the old ancient paint has some old silicone polish or wax That point to re-group since I was only one panel in. Fisheye, or what appear to be fish, is a common issue that can occur during a paint job. Add the recommended fisheye eliminator and respray the affected area. Still left like little salt-and-pepper voids in that area. SOLUTION Remove wet paint film with solvent, clean and refinish. So that rules out contaminated paint,Īdded a shot of martin-senour fisheye eliminator to the paint and Problem originally in the sealer, it fish-eyed horribly in those spotsĪnd more areas even though the epoxy sealer was not fish eyed in those spots immediately before shooting the color. Today attempted to shoot the color coat, single stage Martin-SenourĬrossfire enamel with hardener. Aįew fogged coats cover them, they covered. Paint and surrounded sanded area wanted to just slightly fish eye. Old paint wanting to 'lift' and anywhere there was the old touch up Basically sanded the rest with 320 grit paper Lacquer-type primer surfacer over my repairs, blocked and feathered it Then washed itĭown with Naptha and a rag and scrub brush.ĭid my repairs and body work to the four fenders. I've painted over worse finishes on a 5-year old car.Īnyways, I used a pressure washer and super-clean (the purpleĭegreaser) before any body work started on the car. It was in really excellent shape for its age. If the fisheye killer does not work, you will need to do a thorough evaluation of every aspect of the paint line, including the spray gun, hoses, paint, pumps. Some spotsof the originalįinish were just ever so slightly age 'lacquer crazed', not noticable unless one really was looking at it obliquely with a light. Subsurface: Old ancient paint, most of it original.

I think I may have a disaster on my hands.

Fisheye in paint