Why is my top coat cracking after the powder has been baked?
If a top coat begins to crack or even have a "shattered glass" appearance, it is a common effect of under curing the top coat. Sometimes these cracks appear hours after coating, other times it can take days or weeks for cracks to reveal themselves.
How do I fix it?
Fortunately, the fix is usually as simple as placing the parts back in the oven and leaving them to fully cure after they have reached temp. A caveat to this is that if any impurities worked themselves into the cracks, they may not "heal" correctly.
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