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Adhesion Loss, Clearcoat

Description
Loss of adhesion of the clearcoat from the basecoat.

 

 

Origin and Potential Causes:
  • Excessive film thickness of basecoat.
  • Intermediate and final flash-off times of the basecoat too short.
  • Wrong mixing ratio for clearcoat and activator.

 

Prevention Techniques:
  • Allow proper flash off time of coats of basecoat and before applying clearcoat.
  • Apply proper film thicknesses of all layers.
  • Mix clearcoat correctly.
  • Follow system recommendations per Technical Data Sheet(s).

 

Remedy
  • Sand, isolate if necessary, and refinish.

 
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