Just wondering if this ever happens to anyone. I didn't take pictures because the camera was not at the shop but I think I can describe it. It doesn't always happen which is what is weird. I sprayed a table top yesterday and after the lacquer dried, when looking at the finish with an opposing light, it appeared that some of the sprayer passes had more sheen than others. Almost gave a striped effect where ever other pass was clear and the passes in between were slightly cloudy, or, less clear.
I'm using an Earlex 5500 (which is the most amazing sprayer I've ever used by the way) and nitro lacquer thinned approx 40/60 thinner/lacquer. Because this doesn't always happen, there must be some combination of things I'm doing that are causing this. Maybe I'm spraying too closely? I usually seem to want to spray about 5" off the project. Maybe too much thinner, not enough? Sprayer volume too high/low? I've even wondered, (1) too many drops of fisheye preventative?
Weird. Hopefully someone here has had this and figured out why. Since I switched to this HVLP sprayer, it has made my spraying results more consistent by a factor of 10. Now I've just got to work a couple little bugs out.
Thanks!