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Am attempting to repaint the interior cab and I got about 4 spots where it is orange peeling. sand them down and reshoot with enamel, they comee right back. most of the job looks good, just those 4 spots. answers?

Sounds like a reaction between the primer and the paint.Try cleaning the area really good and put a light coat of primer over it ,sand it,clean it again and repaint.It also could be a fisheye problem where there is oil or some other problem.

Gazim, I don't mean to be a wiseguy, but are you sure it's orange peel, or is the paint wrinkling up on these spots when you spray them. There is a difference. Orange peel is just a surface imperfection and can be taken care of by color sanding and buffing. It almost sounds like what you have is a "wrinkling" effect where a contaminant on the metal such as oil or grease is not allowing the paint to adhere to the metal or the primer. Even an oily finger print is enough to make this happen. If this is the case, the only way to cure it is to remove the contaminant by re-preping the area. Sand, clean with a good wax and grease remover, re-prime, then re-paint. Good luck.

orange peel
fingerprints
If these areas have been filled it could be shrinkage
Or possibly wrinkling
Hope this helps.

Guess I didn't know what I was talking about.
It is wrinkling. happens within 3 min. of spraying it. I bet it was waxed at some time and I didn't remove it properly. thanks guys.

Please let us know what you do, and how it turns out. It's nice to have a follow-up on this stuff so everybody knows if the advice given works or not.

Will do, I sanded it down and repainted it to limited sucess. Got rid of about 75%. Will try cleaning it with solvent next and advize thanks dad & pakrat.

Try TSP (trisodium phosphate)after you clean it. This is a good degreaser, water soluable and easy to find.

One point worth mentioning here is the type of towel/rag you use to clean or scrub with. Old shop rags may look clean but they can hold grease and oil for a good while. The shop I work for uses several products to combat fisheyes and wrinkling. We wipe down the work area with a product from Dupont (3900) on a clean heavy paper shop cloth, then we spray an aerosol windshield cleaner and scuff the area with a gray (1200 equivalent) scotchbrite pad for adhesion.