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If you're going through all the requirements for desired results, only one way to go about it.....

Steve the clear lifted because the base color was not clean you just thought it was.
As for glass cleaner I us windex all the time for a quick clean up.in fact a bottle is
part of my track supplys along with the tools.

missionkz wrote: As far as clear coat goes... has anyone used the spray MAX 2K 368 0061 gloss clear over generic Dupli-Color Acrylic Lacquer?
The Dupli-Color clear coat is crap and disolves in water.... almost... and don't dare get a drop of fuel on it because it melts and don't rub it with your bare hands or it will scratch.

I did 5 years ago, still looks the same.

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zukdave wrote: Steve the clear lifted because the base color was not clean you just thought it was.
As for glass cleaner I us windex all the time for a quick clean up.in fact a bottle is
part of my track supplys along with the tools.

It was the color that lifted. I think it did have a poor bond to the primer aggravated by the cold, lack of fuel in that area and my using Windex. The temperature got down to freezing that night. The directions for my windshield say not to use any window cleaner products, just soap and water. We'll see what happens this time. About the same time of year and I won't use window cleaner.
Steve

Well back at it again. Not only did the goat scratch my paint, it was cracking, a big chip came off too. I think the primer failed.







For the last couple months off and on I've been stripping, priming,sanding and put color on the spare tank. It's been a couple days. Got some more sanding to get the fine blemishes out, wet sand then color and clearcoat. I'm taking my time this time. Good thing I have a spare tank.








The sun is so intense out here and it gets very cold too. Very hard on paint.
Steve

Taking my time I wet sanded it and took out the small imperfections. All was going well until I put on the clear coat. I guess I'll have to live with it while I strip down the other one. It has less dents so I'll try the freeze method to take them out. This tank has a lot of filler in different places, the paint was hard as a rock so I figured it would last. I figured wrong.
Steve

Always take it to bare metal (if possible), then build up fresh.

Spend money and get good materials like epoxy primer and urethane clear. Painting is too much work to cheap out on crappy materials.

As far as taking your time is concern, you can't. Each paint has a critical recoat time frame and you should hit each window. If you wait too long the paint cures too much and the next layer won't bite in the way it should. For example: epoxy primer typically much be top coated in a few days, then base coat must be clear coated within a day or so. After the clear you can relax though. Even if you want to color sand and add more layers.

If I had gone to bare metal it would have turned out well. I will on the next one.
Steve

Did you have to re-educate your goat?

When I come over he goes on the chain. I don't understand animal people. The goat climbs on cars, she's got dogs and cats, horses boarded, and wonders why she's single.
Steve

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