OK, I've done several rifles and pistols with Norrell's MolyResin now, and thought I had a pretty good hand on it. I recently ordered a new bottle of O.D. Green to shoot a new AR barrel, and do up a .22 pistol for a friend.
I prepped everything thoroughly, cleaning everything with Walmart carb cleaner, washed with water, and then baked it all BEFORE spraying. Then, I shot the paint without incident, and baked.
This is where I think I screwed up. I thought I'd bake it a little hotter, and a little longer to really get a good cure, so I baked them at 310 degrees for 70 minutes.
The problem is the color.
Instead of the nice, subdued, flat OD I have always gotten in the past, I have a bright, glossy OD green on both the barrel, and the pistol.
I don't know if it's a bad batch of Molyresin, or if my screwing around with the length and temp of the bake had something to do with it.
One other difference is, I used my wife's hairdryer to heat surfaces and insta-dry the paint during the painting process instead of the real shop heatgun I've always used in the past (it broke).
Somewhere, something went wrong.
Anyone have any clues?