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I am just spraying up an engine using a commercial can of paint of a type I have never used before.
After about the fourth thin coat a bit of wind or cold air must have hit the parts and a few of them have bloomed in places. This was on what I hoped was the final finish coat. I left the recoating time to double what was recommended because of the cooler temperatures.
If I leave it to dry thoroughly will I be able to polish off the bloom, overspray it again, or is it a strip off and start again job?

John
 
Hi John
Thats the amines coming out of the paint (check spelling on amine).
A little T cut on a soft cloth will remove it.

Warming the part before spraying should prevent it.

Cheers kevin
 
Thanks for that Kevin, will wait a day or so and try it.
Hopefully will save me a lot of work.

John
 
Here is something that turned up on another site. The claims are great, And it may indeed save the world. But it seems to not have generated the buzz one would think. It is a novel transmission idea, and the plans are about the cost of a lot of others so it may have to be added to the tadolist. By the way the mans name is Green also. Great tie in if all his claims are met.
http://www.greensteamengine.com/index.html
Anybody here have any experience with it or even thoughts.
It looks like mostly the same engine in all working shots driving something.
 

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