Refinish application defects

Orange peel, lack of flow

The structure resembling orange peel

Orange peel, lack of flow

Cause

  • Too a small nozzle on a spray gun
  • Too high viscosity of varnish
  • Too a long distance from the spray gun to a varnished element
  • Too a small amount of material
  • Too a low pressure in the spray gun
  • Wrong choice of thinners and hardeners for the material
  • Incorrect flash off time

Countermeasure

  • Abide manufacturer’s recommendations of spray guns
  • Before varnishing check material’s parameters according to the Technical Data Sheet (TDS)

Removal

  • Sand the surface with fine-grained sanding paper (1500, 2000 or 2500) and polish
  • Sand it and varnish again


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