Eastwood's Chassy Black paint, Is it supposed to be this soft? Options

[VaccaRabite]

I have painted the underside of my car with Eastwood's Cahssie Black paint. the problem is, its really soft.

I scraped and aircraft strippered and wire bruished the underside of my car down to bare metal (was that ever fun) and then cleaned it and painted it. It was my understanding that Chassie Black was supposed to be some tough stuff. I put on 2 coats. I can scratch it off easily with my finger nail, 2 days later.

What gives? Is the paint soft? Should I bite the bullet and repaint with bedliner or something?

I also have Eastwoods Rust Converter and Rust Encapsulator. I used the converter sunday on a few spots, and then put a coat of Encapsulator over that. My plan was then to paint the entire engine bay in Chassie Black, but if the paint sucks, I guess I'll have to find somehting else.

Zach

[VaccaRabite]

Sadly, I am still waiting for one of their admins to let me into thier forums. It has been a few days now, and I still can't post there.

On the assumption that I have to take it off *will be pissed* what should I put on? Por 15? Bed liner? The metal is in really good shape.

Zach

[Bartlett 914]

Sadly, I am still waiting for one of their admins to let me into thier forums. It has been a few days now, and I still can't post there.

On the assumption that I have to take it off *will be pissed* what should I put on? Por 15? Bed liner? The metal is in really good shape.

Zach

So where is the car and in what environment? Is it in a cool humid garage? Maybe it just needs a little warmth. If so, you could try some incandescent lights to warm it up. Something like those cheap clip on work lights with 100 watt bulbs.

[VaccaRabite]

So where is the car and in what environment? Is it in a cool humid garage? Maybe it just needs a little warmth. If so, you could try some incandescent lights to warm it up. Something like those cheap clip on work lights with 100 watt bulbs.

Curerently the garage is cool. But when I laid don the paint it was ~75 degrees for several days, with very low humidity.

I am going to give it more time to cure, and wait to see what gets said over at the eastwood forums. At 75 degrees, the paint is supposed to be cured in 24 hours. but that might not actually be the case. Thje more that I read others experiences, it seems that it often takes longer to cure.

I really just don't want to have to take it off. I'd like to be able to get my car off the rotesserie and paint the rest of the body, and start putting the thing back together.

Zach