My neighbor tried today to paint my roadster with JD Blitz Black & every time it came out with loads of air bubbles that came to the top & dried there before escaping. Good thing we started with the inside of doors, trunk lid & under the hood first. We tried no hardner, same problem: tried more thinner, same thing. All those were John Deere brand so we tried another enamel thinner with the same resuls. anyone else having problems with this stuff? Maybe because its the new Low VOC stuff? Anyway SEM trim Black goes on tomorrow.
Make sure you do not have moisture in your air line/hose. Use an in-line filter, theyre really cheap, that should solve your problem. Believe me, if there has ever been a paint problem invented, I've had it!
I was going to spray some blitz black last week and when I opened the can{previously opened and some used] the paint had gone to gell. I trashed the can and bought a new gallon and it went on like silk and looks perfect as to color and shade. I suspect you may have got a hold of a previously opened can? Who knows!
I've sprayed it many times and never had any issues. Try spraying a test panel with some other paint and see if it does the same thing.
Make sure to use a wax remover before you sand and something really clean as a final clean. I use 92% rubbing alcohol my self for the final clean. If anything comes off with the tack cloth, its still too dirty. Silicone wax, carnuba, either is a contaminant that will keep rising to the top. Also, the oils in acrylic enamel oxidize and will lift unless you really break it good and dry it out with the cleaner/solvent. Something else too, if you use air tools on the same compressor, keep a separate hose for painting. Air tool oil creeps and can contaminate the hose at the schrader valve coupler you plug the gun into. It usually doesn't go far up the hose, but the valve will keep on giving oil contamination. Also, before each cup, drain the water out. We used to wreck ultrasonic welders/cutters in the plant I used to run from water contamination until I finally made them buy a drier for that branch of the air system. Al the difference in the world.
Thanks for the info but so far I think Bob may have hit on the problem. We are using a inline filter on a dedicated line but the paint was about 1/3 sludge on the bottom and had to mix the hell out of it. The second gallon we got was exactly the same so we called the guy at Valspar- Shawn Mahady- and he says that much sediment is normal. I'll use the blitz black to brush on something. Outlaw, does the SEM Trim Black hold up good?
I think it holds up very well, sprays nice and smooth.Has a very nice sheen to it.....The most recent pics of my car I had to wet sand the black after painting the front end of my car, but thats because of my gun was spraying like crap,....so the color is a little lighter than it usually is...very nice product.... Heres a pic of how it turned out when my gun was spraying good!......good luck...
I just sprayed my A V-8 chopped coupe with Blitz black and it came out nice. The paint has an egg shell texture in the beginning and takes 5-6 days to harden all the way. It does flatten out pretty good. It's a nice dark black with a mild soft sheen. Be careful of scratching it until it hardens. My can also had alot of seperation when I opened it but it mixed back in no problem. You must do this since this is all the important components of the paint. I used the John Deere thinner as recommended with no hardner. Overall I'm happy with the results and you can't beat $35.00 a gallon.
I'm a contractor, and do occasional work for a JD dealer, and we have sprayed JD paint on everything imaginable at work, with no problems as long as prep is good. They also have a charcoal color that I like a lot for frames and chassis parts.