Mercury Optimax Outboard Cowling Restoration Duplicolor Spraycan Failure 

In this video I start the restoration of a Mercury Optimax cowling using duplicolor paints. I go through all of the prep work required and used the duplicolor high build primer and enamel black and clearcoat. Things don’t go as planned and the end result is not what I expected.
I do have a recovery plan (you can see the final result in this video) and I will go over the complete recovery in my next video.
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00:00 Introduction
01:27 Disassembly of Cowling
02:35 Removing the Decals
03:04 Sanding the entire cowling with 220 Grit
03:24 Repairing Defects with Fairing Compound
05:45 Cleaning and Prepping for Primer
06:51 Applying Primer
07:25 Final Sanding with 600 Grit
07:59 Black Dupli-Color Black Color Coats
09:15 Applying Dupli-Color Clear Coat
10:18 Oh No! Paint Failure!
11:11 Recovery Plan
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