Did you apply a primer/sealer coat prior to spraying the top coat?
What products are you using?
What surface prep have you done?
Typically, if the top coat ‘wrinkles’ it means that the primer/sealer or existing old paint you are trying to top coat is not compatible with the solvents in the new paint. The paint solvents are actually softening the lower coat much like a paint stripper does. This can be reduced by applying several ‘dry coats’ and allowing them to harden followed by a light sanding with 800-grit wet and applying a final coat or two of the paint you’re using to obtain the gloss; however, you still run the risk of having the whole mess wrinkle on you again. Lacquer based primer/sealer is typically the safest to use as it doesn’t readily react with most top coats. A urethane and many epoxies over an enamel without using a sealer coat will almost always do what you are describing. Other problems which can show up are:
- fisheye: oily, waxy, or poor subsurface prep
- orange peel from spraying the top coat too dry
- checking from poor surface prep
There are MANY more paint conditions which occur; however the majority are related to spraying metallics or tinted clear.
I assume you are going with the non-metallic Honda Red?
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