Clear coat gone milky/cloud right after spraying?

[Heffer_Slayer]

Just finished putting my first coat of clear on and thought .... WTF
Its gone all cloudy/milky in the center of the panel (Bonnet)

It soon clicked, that I must be spraying in too cold/humit weather.

Can I save my bonnet or will I have to strip it all again?

I am using basecoat/clear coat. Spraying in Acrylic.

Can I just scuff it up with a scotchy?
Or sand it with 400/800 then redo the clear?

Or will I have to redo the base.....

Help a paint noob out!

 

[destinationtoby]

Yep Way to cold and too humid.
Just give it a sand and re-do it on a hot day

 

[Heffer_Slayer]

Just to confirm what im doing here;

Just sand/scuff the clear coat I have put on and reclear?

Obviously do not sand too far and hit the base coat, otherwise all is lost....?

 

[EYY]

It's happened to me before with acrylic. Cold/humid weather seems to be the problem.... Not sure whether the base would've been effected though. Somebody here will know

 

[chooky1980]

you will need to sand with 4-600 wet until all the blushing clear has gone.you will most likely have to do another coat of base.just the wrong weather to be spraying acrylic

 

[destinationtoby]

U should be able to get away with sanding out the milky clearcoat with some wet 800grit, then just re-clear it.
I've done it before trying to rush it instead of waiting until the next day and just sanded it lightly until the cloudy crap was gone.

 

[gossie]

Get some retarder into the clear to slow it down.

 

[hi_ryder]

reclearing may not correct the cloudiness. id say your going to have to recolor it as well. when in doubt most paint products will have a recommended spraying temperature on the side of it. i normally dont paint with temps below 21 degrees just to be safe. if you paint in the shed often its a good idea to get a pot belly stove for those chilly days.

 

[Heffer_Slayer]

Thanks for the replies fellas. I sanded as much a I could out with 800 wet then recleared.

Very slight cloudiness where I should have sanded a bit more but I am pretty sure a cut and buff will fix it.

I also used a gas heater to warm the shed.

Random question, can acrylic clear/primer fillers expire? General idea I've come up with is as long as the tin is sealed it should be fine. Worst case give it a mix and good to go. Is this correct
?