Solvent Popping in Fresh Paint

[Mike Phillips]

These pops are on the very top (30 - 50%) of the clearcoat and often can be completely removed.

That's what I'm thinking by the look of them...

[sjb89]

They are not solvent pops, they are fish eyes. Solvent pops are raised on top the paint, Fish eyes are little craters that go down in the paint. The pictures appear as the imperfections are in-ies not out-ies.

[ken tuep]

They are definitely solvent pops. Fisheye looks like a fish eye, LOL.

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[Mike Phillips]

They are not solvent pops, they are fish eyes.

They are definitely solvent pops. Fisheye looks like a fish eye, LOL.

I'm not always 100% correct on identifying paint related defects as I'm not a painter but from what I've seen over the years, these look like solvent pops not fish eyes. As Ken pointed out, fishes actually have an appearance like a fish eye.


I have some painter buddies, I'll e-mail them the link to this thread and see if they can identify these defects just to be accurate.


Thanks guys for both of your input...

[RedXray]

Solvent pop can be both pinholes, craters or bubbles whereas fisheyes are always pinholes. If you skin solvent pops with a wool pad you'll have pinholes and sometimes craters or both.

Fisheyes you see instantly when the paint hits the panel. Solvent pops happen later during the curing process. Most of the time fisheyes are all the way to the primer or substrate and cannot be cut & buffed.

IMO those could be either or... If I was the guy shooting, I'd know 100%

These are the things that drive painters to drink lol

In the photo It looks like in's and out's (pinholes and bubbles) If so solvent pop.

Then you think "why did it pop only in this one place and not randomly over the vehicle" then you think contamination in that one spot (fisheye)

Like I said you'd know for sure if you were shooting it... I need a beer

[Mike Phillips]

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Solvent Pop, Factory Defect?