Frustrating as hell this orange peel. I sprayed some urethan enamel for a guy. Has a 1929 Ford ton and half AA truck and spent $500 on product. The primer was Pro Form something.....sprayed like shit but the final color I did for him really knocked my confidence. Mixed it 4 parts color, 2 parts reducer, 1 part hardener as instructed. It seemed to orange peel as I was mixing the shit. Tried different pressures from 25 to 40 at the gravity gun. Different speeds, distance was the same as I always spray. Didn't fan it. Angle was 90* to surface. Tried different fan spread from the gun.
There isn't a panel I did I was happy with (the owner was satisfied but it's a real amateur resto). If it didn't orange peel then it ran....that was another mess.
First few parts the paint looked dry spray so I went heavier ( slowed speed, adjusted fan pattern) then the gloss was there but the orange peel was right there. Man I'm feelin bad now....humbled. Any thing to not have orange peel again. My experience is with 2 part epoxy, endura mostly...great results.
There isn't a panel I did I was happy with (the owner was satisfied but it's a real amateur resto). If it didn't orange peel then it ran....that was another mess.
First few parts the paint looked dry spray so I went heavier ( slowed speed, adjusted fan pattern) then the gloss was there but the orange peel was right there. Man I'm feelin bad now....humbled. Any thing to not have orange peel again. My experience is with 2 part epoxy, endura mostly...great results.