"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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I've posted over and over on this forum about my success with ML
Campbell Ultrastar water based lacquer.

This week, I've been dealing with a seemingly unsolvable fisheye
problem, so I've lost a lot of faith in the product. No combo of
additive, barrier coat, etc... seems to work well, so the trim will be
finished (hopefully FINALLY!) with Sherwin Williams Fast Dry Oil
Varnish tomorrow. Tonight, I applied what I hope to be the last coat
of barrier Seal Coat, under the SW.


Don't forsake a product over fisheye Barry. Fisheye comes about for only
one reason - contamination. It's not the product. Somehow, you have a
contaminate at work. It can be water or oil in the gun or the lines, it can
be silicone, it can be a lot of things. Some times the contaminates come up
out of the surface you're painting - they are native to the material and
incompatible with the finish.

To tackle fisheye, let the coat flash, and then apply a couple of very light
coats just over the fish eye areas. Gently build up the areas. Once they
bridge, you can go back to normal spray techniques.

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-Mike-