paint's tacky!

i'm currently painting my doors....
... the part of the door that is black....
... the paint won't dry, it's still tacky and i painted it a day ago?.....
... i used krylon fusion? wrong/right paint to use?....
... will a clear coat solve my problem, my glove box is somewhat still tacky too, and it's been done a while.... is a clear coat gonna dry?....

[Pimpalero03]

that is way to much interior painting man..

[ptrudel]

looks like u sprayed a helluva thick coat on that man... maybe it's just me tho <_<

yeah, use thinner coats and let them dry in between, then do a clear and it shouldn't be tacky.

[Naich]

yeah the trick is to use thin coats otherwise it takes really long to dry.

The only thing you can do now is just let it sit until it's dry, might take a while. You could strip it all off and start again with lots of thin coats, but that may take even longer.

Too much too fast looks like might take a while.
Looks good though.
:thumbsup:

[johny_boy32]

its looks pretty rough. Way too much paint. What kind of paint did you use...that could have been a factor too. And just do what these guys said.

[ptrudel]

^he said he used the krylon fusion...

Originally posted by Pimpalero03@Apr 27 2004, 01:35 PM
that is way to much interior painting man..

yeah, maybe for your taste dog.... alero modding is new to most people, if we don't try new things, we'll never progress... i'm always open to criticism.... and pimp, you always seem to tell it how it is... that i respect.

[ptrudel]

i personnally think it'll look sweet when it's all done and put together

I agree... it'll be cool to see the finished product.

Also, I dunno how well the Krylon bonds to the softer vinyl that is used in our cars. I've never tried it myself, up until this week with a spare shifter knob that I got at the wreckers, but I think I read on here that someone tried it with the center arm-rest top, and it didn't take the paint... it might be a coating or an additive that they put on/into it to keep it smooth...

Interesting. I'm not sure what I think of the black and blue on the white car. I hope it dries soon for you. I don't know if this works for everything, but I know that if your nailpolish isn't drying fast enough and is getting tacky, you can run your nails under cold water and it sets up almost immediately. Now, I know you can't run your door under your kitchen faucet, but what I'm thinking is that maybe cold air would help it set up faster? Anyone with more knowledge of the paint than I have know better?

Oh, and since you mentioned it was Krylon paint, that's the brand I've always used on my models, and we've done that with model pieces if they weren't drying well. Especially on humid days (lots of those in MO). We would run that piece under cold water and the paint would set up really fast. So maybe something like that would work here. You're probably starting to hit the high humidity right now, since you're not that far from where I used to be, so that's probably part of your problem.

Originally posted by duesergirl@Apr 28 2004, 08:46 PM
Interesting. I'm not sure what I think of the black and blue on the white car. I hope it dries soon for you. I don't know if this works for everything, but I know that if your nailpolish isn't drying fast enough and is getting tacky, you can run your nails under cold water and it sets up almost immediately. Now, I know you can't run your door under your kitchen faucet, but what I'm thinking is that maybe cold air would help it set up faster? Anyone with more knowledge of the paint than I have know better?

Oh, and since you mentioned it was Krylon paint, that's the brand I've always used on my models, and we've done that with model pieces if they weren't drying well. Especially on humid days (lots of those in MO). We would run that piece under cold water and the paint would set up really fast. So maybe something like that would work here. You're probably starting to hit the high humidity right now, since you're not that far from where I used to be, so that's probably part of your problem.

thanks for the info.... that's a great trick to know... i'll see what i can come up with... :thumbsup: