Faults and cures

Air entrapment Air entrapment - small crater like openings in or on the paint film.
Bleeding Bleeding - a red or yellow discoloration in the topcoat color.
Blistering Blistering - swelled areas appearing as pimples or bubbles in the topcoat film, often months after application.
Blushing Blushing - a milky grey cloud appears on the surface of the paint film immediately or shortly after application.
Chalking Chalking - a chalky white appearance on the surface of the paint film.
Chemical staining and etching Chemical staining and etching - irregular shaped pitting, etching or discolouration on the paint film.
Chipping Chipping - small areas of damage to the paint film leaving a nick, notch or void in the finish.
Cracking - cracks or lines of various lengths and widths Cracking - cracks or lines of various lengths and widths in the topcoat finish often resembling the cracking of dried mud.
Dust contamination - foreign particles embedded in paint film. Dust contamination - foreign particles embedded in paint film.
Edge mapping - raised or lifted edges in the wet or dry paint film Edge mapping - raised or lifted edges in the wet or dry paint film that outline sand through or featheredges.
Fisheyes - small circular, crater-like openings Fisheyes - small circular, crater-like openings that appear during or shortly after the spray.
Lifting Lifting - the existing paint film shrivels wrinkles or swells during new finish application or drying.
Loss of gloss Loss of gloss - a dulling of the gloss as the film dries or ages.
Mottling Mottling - a streaked spotty or striped appearance in a metallic colour.

Orange peel - paint film having an uneven texture that resembles the skin of an orange.
Peeling Peeling - a loss of adhesion or separation of the paint film from the substrate.
Pinholing in body filler Pinholing in body filler - small holes or bubbles located in or on top of putties or body fillers.
Runs and sags - coatings that fail to adhere uniformly, causing beads, droplets, or slippage of the total film.
Sanding marks Sanding marks - dark and/or streaked marks that resemble sand scratches in the paint film.
Sand scratches Sand scratches - visible lines or marks in the paint film that follow the direction of the sanding process
Seediness - solid particles of various shapes and sizes embedded evenly throughout the paint film.
Shrinkage - the repaired area, featheredge, or sand scratches Shrinkage - the repaired area, featheredge, or sand scratches become visible within hours, days or weeks after the repair is completed.
Soft film - the paint film is soft to the touch, and will fingerprint or waterspot within hours/days
after application.
Solvent popping Solvent popping - small bubbles, pinholes or crater-like openings in or on the paint film.
Staining and plastic bleed through of paint

Staining/plastic bleed through - a yellow-brown discolouration appears in the topcoat over areas repaired with
polyester body filler or glazing putty.
Tape tracking - an imprinted line or texture in the dried paint film following the use of masking tape.
Transparency - the original finish or undercoat is visible through the topcoat.
Water spotting - circles with raised edges or whitish spots resembling the various shapes of water
droplets appear on the surface of the paint film.
Wrinkling - the surface of the paint contains irregular grooves or ridges resembling the skin of a
prune.
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