Has anyone that has used Duracoat ever had any problems with a color not being what you thought is should be? Here's my problem. I ordered Desert MarageFlage Camopak (paint only) a couple of weeks ago. I started the painting on Nov. 23 and finished coating on the 25th. When I was shaking the bottles to stir up the paint they looked like they should. After painting the Desert Mirage Tan looks like a silver color and the Desert Mirage Sand look like a blueish gray. I've email Lauer about it just wondering if anyone else ever had a problem.
Gunsmithing Duracoat problem
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Re: Duracoat problem
Is it discolored evenly across the color or just in areas of the color? Is it fully cured? I had a Sig frame in tan that was sort of silvery all over but it went away. Lauer should help you, but its like airplane crashes. They usually determine operator error.
Is it discolored evenly across the color or just in areas of the color? Is it fully cured? I had a Sig frame in tan that was sort of silvery all over but it went away. Lauer should help you, but its like airplane crashes. They usually determine operator error.
Re: Duracoat problem
Really shake the hell out of it. Some of that Duracoat is really a bit separated and takes more than the casual shake to fully mix up. Had a bottle of matte black awhile back that was like that, it started out flat black and towards the end of the bottle it went to gloss black. There was a lot of solids in the bottom of the bottle that weren't getting mixed up by shaking it a couple minutes. Seems like a QC or inventory management problem on Lauer's end.
Really shake the hell out of it. Some of that Duracoat is really a bit separated and takes more than the casual shake to fully mix up. Had a bottle of matte black awhile back that was like that, it started out flat black and towards the end of the bottle it went to gloss black. There was a lot of solids in the bottom of the bottle that weren't getting mixed up by shaking it a couple minutes. Seems like a QC or inventory management problem on Lauer's end.
Re: Duracoat problem
Its kind of hard to get a true appreciation for the exact color over the 'net, but your paint scheme and application looks very good.
Its kind of hard to get a true appreciation for the exact color over the 'net, but your paint scheme and application looks very good.
Re: Duracoat problem
I just received an email from Lauer. They are sending me some more paint and said to "Really, really shake it up." the paperwork says shake for 2 to 3 minutes. But they said that more mixing is helpful on some colors. Good CS from Lauer.
I just received an email from Lauer. They are sending me some more paint and said to "Really, really shake it up." the paperwork says shake for 2 to 3 minutes. But they said that more mixing is helpful on some colors. Good CS from Lauer.
