Bennette Paint | Painting Tips: Alligatoring

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Why Paint Jobs Fail

Adhesion (Loss of)
Alligatoring (Crazing)
Bleeding
Blistering
Blooming (Blushing)
Chalking
Checking or Crazing
Chipping or Flaking
Covering or Hiding
Cracking or Scaling
Crawling or Creeping

Discoloration
Efflorescence
Fading of Color
Ghosting
Loss of Gloss
Sagging and Running
Spalling
Tackiness (Slow Dry)
Wrinkling
Yellowing

ALLIGATORING: (Crazing)

The application of a finish coat before undercoats or primers are completely dry can cause cracking of the finish coat. Antique finishes are deliberately produced by the above procedure. A hard drying finish coat over a softer type priming coat will cause cracking. Thus, the proper choice of primer or undercoat is very important.

To avoid cracking or alligatoring allow all primers and undercoats to dry hard and firm before finishing. Always choose the proper primer for a particular type of finish coat.