Dave,
Thanks for the info, but when I had sprayed the car it was 100% smooth and
shiny, a large area was primer. it was the droplets of water that did
something, I have left the 'mail' below for any one that did not get it
first time.(Sharon Patterson).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave W" <dw_triumph@clear.net.nz>
To: "Triumph mailing list" <2000-register@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: paint
> Hi Mike,
> The Practical Classics magazine did an article a while back on painting a
> car, they mentioned that if the car had been polished and the stuff hadn't
> been cleaned off well enough the silicone in the polish would make the
paint
> go like moon craters!!
> And the only way to fix it was to start again!
>
> Dave W
> Here's the bit they did:
>
> THE SILICONE CURSE
> The Presence of silicone is a major problem when painting a car. It's not
> uncommon for silicone to be wiped away and then to reappear later. You'll
> know - my goodness, you'll know - all about silicone contamination once
you
> start applying paint. The invisible silicone causes new paint to go into
> fish-eye craters so deep that they expose the surface beneath. You can't
> sand them away and you can't cover them up with more paint. All you can do
> is wipe the silicone away with panel wipe and a clean cloth (one that has
> been nowhere near polish), sand the paint away and start again. Not
> something that's likely to put you in a good mood.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mike.allam" <mike.allam@ic24.net>
> To: <2000-register@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 9:11 AM
> Subject: paint
>
>
> > Can anyone help me with this one,
> > I have just sprayed the wife's 2000 in Mallard with cellulose. the paint
> was
> > well touch dry about 20-30 mins from spraying when down came a very fine
> > mist. I drove the car into the garage ,so the car only had a tiny
covering
> > of fine droplets. so fine that I did not bother to wipe it off.
> > The question is, why is the car now covered with tiny pot marks, it
> cannot
> > be the weight of water nor impact speed. but they are very deep. Just as
if
> I
> > had gone over it with the head of a pin pushing right down to the base.
I
> am
> > now trying to rub over with compound but without much luck.
> > Mike :o))
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