Clear Vision Application Tips

That is correct! We generally recommend lowering your KV roughly 10 units when going to apply your second coat of powder. Your Ink Black should be brought to the gel/flow-out stage and allowed to stay in the oven for an additional few minutes before removing it from the oven, allowing it to cool, and then applying your clear metallic top coat.

If the base coat is applied too light in those areas or the clear coat is applied too light in those areas then you won't get the deep rich red you are hoping for. Often times those areas are harder to coat so steps need to be taken to coat these "Faraday" areas. This can be done through KV settings and ground inspection, prep procedure including out gassing, coating procedure, flow-out use, and last result hot coating (never recommended).

Normally base coats (Moz Blue in this case) are brought to flow-out or flow-out plus a couple of minutes depending on the color. In this instance, bring Moz Blue PMB-2642 to Flow-out and pull to cool. Once cooled, then proceed with Clear Vision PPS-2974. Fully cure Clear Vision per it's curing instructions and both the Moz Blue and Clear Vision will bond together for a lasting, durable finish. Clear Vision cures for 18 minutes at 375 degrees F. Curing timer is not set until AFTER part metal reaches cure temp of 375 degrees F.

Gloss Black and Clear Vision do not have metallic flakes in them. Is there a possibility that your equipment hoses, gun, hopper or spray booth has leftover metallic flakes or similar that could contaminate the powder? We thoroughly clean our hoppers, air hoses, guns and booth for each color change. Even the smallest amount of powder can cause a large scale contamination.

To achieve a gloss level like gloss black and ink black there are fine metallic flakes within the powder. For Gloss black the flakes are usually bluish in color whereas with Ink Black you will see brown colored flakes. These are not completely visible when applied as a single coating. Because black shows EVERYTHING and a clear coat will only magnify these flakes you will see these more easily than without the clear applied. Also, Clear Coats can pull flakes like this to the surface. This is exactly how our Illusion series powders work....the Clear is used to pull colored flakes to the surface to achieve a brilliant color.

Having the same issue !!!! No matter how much I clean for color change..I've tried it over different colors and also tried regular AND hot flocking...

Thank you for your inquiry,
Bentley Blue is a top coat itself so there really is no need for Clear Vision, however, if you want to add Clear Vision you can place Bentley Blue in until flow-out plus 2 minutes then remove from the oven, allow to cool and then apply your clear vision following it's cure instructions.

Bentley Blue would only be partially cured...brought to flow-out then removed to cool. Flow-out happens long before the cure process begins and usually around 250-300 degrees. Then apply your clear coat and cure both coatings off of the Clear Coat's application guide. Application guides can be found on the website for each color.