Waiting for paint to dry.

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Well i applied vinyl to the front of my Centipede cab and let's just say the sheen was too shiny plus i ended up looking like Noice with his Crystal Castles f up.

Needless to say i scrapped the vinyl and painted. Used Black Onyx semi gloss from home depot and it's a great black. Applied first coat with a foam roller and it rolled on nice. Waited an hour, come back, looked dry and felt dry so i applied another coat. Waited again 2 hours, came back and looked dry but could see some imperfections from the bondo. Applied a third coat and let sit overnight. Next morning paint looked dry and it didnt feel tacky so i applied bondo over the issue i had seen. Im on 36 hours since bondo applied and paint still feels slightly wet and so does bondo.

Question is did i apply the coats too early? I did apply 3 coats in 4 hours and then bondo within 12.

If that's the case do i wait or do i strip the paint off and redo it waiting 24 hours between coats regardless?

Thanks
 
What kind of paint are you using...Oil based or latex...plus you shouldn't be adding any bondo to touch up areas while painting..that should be perfected before painting..if you see the bondo underneath its because you didn't primer first..otherwise you should have made sure your surface was where you wanted prior to starting you painting...primer will blend the bondo areas and prevent you having to use as many coats...
Latex will take longer to dry completely..especially if you are in a warm humid area or at least the cab is.
 
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What kind of paint are you using...Oil based or latex...plus you shouldn't be adding any bondo to touch up areas while painting..that should be perfected before painting..if you see the bondo underneath its because you didn't primer first..otherwise you should have made sure your surface was where you wanted prior to starting you painting...primer will blend the bondo areas and prevent you having to use as many coats...
Latex will take longer to dry completely..especially if you are in a warm humid area or at least the cab is.

Im using latex. I honestly thought i perfected the bondo'd area as they felt smooth but after application of the paint i could see some indented areas after the bondo had shrunk.

I didnt primer which now i shouldve but figured i didnt need to since i was applying black to black laminate smoothed out with a sander. Im doing this in my basement which is about 10 degrees colder then the house, ie 65 degrees is temp i believe.

I guess maybe strip off what ive done and restart?
 
I would sand what you've done and start over, using a primer. The time you waited in between coats/bondo was probably to short and it prevented the paint from drying. I ran into the same issue when staining some AK-47 stocks/handguards in really humid weather. The 1st coat of stain would feel dry at the recomended recoat time, but the second coat wouldn't dry, after several days. I sanded, tried again allowing much more dry time for the first coat, and the second coat dried fine in less than a day.
 
I would sand what you've done and start over, using a primer. The time you waited in between coats/bondo was probably to short and it prevented the paint from drying. I ran into the same issue when staining some AK-47 stocks/handguards in really humid weather. The 1st coat of stain would feel dry at the recomended recoat time, but the second coat wouldn't dry, after several days. I sanded, tried again allowing much more dry time for the first coat, and the second coat dried fine in less than a day.

Thanks! Problem is what ive done is not drying after 3 days! I probably will citristrip it and start over :(
 
I know someone might argue this, but.. My Centipede cabinet definitely didn't have paint under the sideart. I pulled the original art off and it was just the particle board cabinet sides. I seriously doubt if that material (on mine at least) had any sort of sealer applied to it. They weren't exactly worried about how it would hold up in a damp basement or storage unit, it was intended to fill the cash box then become obsolete!
 
The Centipede's do not have any paint applied under the art, however, there is definitely a clear sealer on the half dozen I have done.
 
I wasn't sure if what I saw was a sealer or adhesive that was left behind. I fixed what I had to, sanded it, then used Zinsser sealer on it, then sanded again. Key is get it perfectly slick before applying vinyl. The imperfections will show thru. Originally that art was applied over freshly milled/machined particle board that probably went through a drum sander, so it was very slick.
 
I know someone might argue this, but.. My Centipede cabinet definitely didn't have paint under the sideart. I pulled the original art off and it was just the particle board cabinet sides. I seriously doubt if that material (on mine at least) had any sort of sealer applied to it. They weren't exactly worried about how it would hold up in a damp basement or storage unit, it was intended to fill the cash box then become obsolete!

Correct, there was no paint under the side art, but the OP is talking about the black front.

I however, did apply a coat of primer to the sides to create a nice seal on the cab.

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