Hi guys and gals..
I started laying down coats of the EM6000 over SB112 pore filler. The epoxy had been leveled to 400 and final scuffed with a fine scotch-brite. I let the body rest for 2 days at 70 degrees. The prepped surface looked perfect. I did a wipe down with DNA and let that sit for an hour. The shop was at 45% RH and the temp was about 63 degrees. I sprayed the first coat of finish and portions of the guitar back turned flat and cloudy as if contaminated. Hoping it wasn't fatal, I continued to apply 3 more coats. The gloss came up on the surface but there was a random haze under it.
I did the neck and head plate using Zpoxy under exactly the same conditions, on the same day, and it looks clear and perfect. The Zpoxy only arrived a couple days ago..Otherwise..
I used my digital gram scale good to .01. I mixed to the count of 60 in a fresh plastic cup each time. The SB112 appeared to cure properly. I took great care not to sand through to the wood. I used 3M Gold non-stearated paper. The B&S are Wenge, so there shouldn't be a resin/pitch contamination problem.
I had the same problem on my last guitar (no problems before these 2), though only in a spot or two. Embarrassingly, this is the guitar I had to take to the one week intensive with Somogyi on guitar top voicing.
The guitar did make it onto the podium during a blind listening test, so I'm doing something right..
Any thoughts, aside from the obvious.. carefully taking it all back to bare wood and starting over?
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Cheers, Michael