How to Fix CLOUDING Painting Defect – SINNEK

With this video you will learn how to solve CLOUDING defect in car paint and the causes for which it appears.

The appearance of clouding or streaks in car paint results from misapplication during repainting.

This usually occurs in colours such as shades of grey, gold or champagne . Clouding, also known as paint cloudiness, is a repainting defect that requires repeating the work process from the intermediate coats to be repaired. Therefore, as professional painters, it is important that you know the reasons why clouding appears in paint and how to repair this.

This will impact on increasing the production level and profitability in the bodywork and paint shop.

What are they and how are clouding or cloudiness formed in car paint?

Paint clouding is a repainting defect that appears as a stain or streak with different shapes and shades in the finish paint. This causes irregularities in the colour’s intensity, resulting in some lighter and some darker areas in the repaired parts.

One of the main causes of the appearance of clouding in paint is an incorrect application of the finish paint, especially in metallic colours. An irregular arrangement and orientation of the metallic particles containing these colours will cause an irregular light reflection on the surface, resulting in the appearance of different saturations and intensities in the final colour.