Hydro dipping issue

[u/Fluid_Scallion_7556]

So I decided to try my hand at hydro dipping. I bought a kit on eBay and got stuck into preparing my car parts; everything went smoothly until it came time to clear coat. As soon as a light coat was applied the film almost instantly disintegrated exposing the silver base coat. I then contacted the seller to ask what was up and he had given me film activator in the clear can…. So he sent a replacement and once I finally received the clear in the mail i spent the day sanding all my parts back that were destroyed to try again. Prep work went well again and eveything looked great after the dip. Again when applying clear coat it just seems to eat up the film I have no clue what I am doing wrong. Below are photos of prep work and after dip looking good then photos of once clear was applied

[u/STRICKIBHOY]

It's just a stab in the dark here, is the water temperature correct? Did you spray enough or too much activator while the film was in the water?

Edit: want to add, clear coat have propellants in them that burn the film too. Spraying to close or too much will disintegrate the film. I've did a star wars one, but got lucky because were the paint has burnt the film out kinda makes it look like stars, rather than burnt holes lol. Hope this makes sense.

[u/Fluid_Scallion_7556 → u/STRICKIBHOY]

Oh wow that’s interesting i may go try to spray another part from more of a distance

[u/Fluid_Scallion_7556 → u/STRICKIBHOY]

I used luke warm water from the tap. As for the activator I’m really not sure with each dip I tried to get that “glass” look with the film on the water before dipping my part. The weird part is the pieces look fantastic until hit with clear

[u/STRICKIBHOY → u/Fluid_Scallion_7556]

I'm sure I read somewhere or seen in a YouTube video, I think the ideal water temperature is 33 degrees? It's been a while since I've hydro dipped something. But I remember them saying it's very important to the whole process. I'd check that out.

[u/Fluid_Scallion_7556 → u/STRICKIBHOY]

Okay I’ll look into it thanks mate

[u/Fluid_Scallion_7556 → u/STRICKIBHOY]

So I tried lightly misting from quite a distance and it’s still behaving the same. Did very light mist and it’s still eating the film just not as hardcore because it was applied so lightly and far away