
I started tonight by blocking the cabin side bulkhead first coat down a tad, gumming up the 220 grit. Don't believe the can label, it is marketing bull trying to minimize what you don't want to hear! It takes way more than 4-6 hrs to cure (try 2 days) and even at 3 coats it is not level (says 2 coats and done). If you put it on dry as a bone maybe, but I am skeptical if you can sand with 220 grit at this stage without burning through the stain!
I managed to get thru that and scuffed it with the greenie pad, but when I started sanding the curb side wall it gummed up even worse, so I called that off.
I did reread the label and found that I had forgotten/not seen that it calls for a wipe down with a rag damped with mineral spirits after sanding. I tried that on the bulkhead after sanding and it helped to knock down some more of the high stuff, so will be doing that hence forth. I’m not worried about adhesion on the previous coats since I did such a good job of mechanically scuffing and it was still not rock hard.
So what to do? Easy, stand the bulkhead up and take another pass at the doors! They had been sitting for 2 days and didn’t clog the paper nearly as badly. Sanded, scuffed, dry wiped and mineral spirit wiped. Coated and tipped off. Checked askance, touched a few small spots on the edges that looked a little dry, and called it a night. I think it will be awesome!
Tomorrow with cool weather I will go back and do the bulkhead and wall. That won’t take too long, so I will shift over to something small like the light switch plates.
Peace.