VERY small dimples in paint

[bustinthejustin]

Hey guys, been in the process of painting my PS1... Anyway, I just finished 2 coats of color, and I just sanded with 1000grit sandpaper. It had very tiny little dimples/bumps, so I sanded again.... and again. I'm now starting to cut through the color coat, and there are STILL those tiny little bumps. Do you think they'll matter for a perfect, mirror finish? Any suggestions on how to remove them?

[EliteGamer83]

That's happened to me before, that means 1 of 2 things, the paint is bad/old or the temperature is too cold or hot.

[bustinthejustin]

Well it was krylon fusion so it can't be bad... And old, as in been sitting in the can for too long, or old as in I waited for too long to sand? I waited like 1-2 days to sand. As for temperature, do you mean too cold while it was drying, or too cold while I was spraying it? While spraying it was probably about 18C, and while drying, it was probably closer to 10-12C.

If I spray a new coat over it, do you think it's really a problem? Oh and do you want some pics?


Thanks for the help!

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Another one unedited:

[EliteGamer83]

Lol! looks like a toilet seat from your zoom + angle.

In bad I mean not shaken up enough or yes old sitting on the shelf too long.

Too hot/cold while painting and drying. If it's in ether extremes it's generally not a good time to paint.

[bustinthejustin]

Well for the shaking, I started with shaking for about 2 minutes, then between coats (it was like 5 min between coats - really only needed to wait 30 secs) I shook it for like 15-20 secs before using it again. It's not THAT old, because I've only had it for like a month at most. At night it got somewhat cold, but I took it inside after sitting at like 10C for a while, so it shouldn't have been too bad.

And ROFL it's a ps1 lid. So, any suggestions?

Oh btw you can click to see bigger pics.

[EliteGamer83]

well DONT apply more paint, thats a BAD idea, you'll screw your case. best thing to suggest in this case take a SUPER FINE grit paper and try to sand off ALL the paint to the best you can, and start over. I ruined a model car cause of this same problem. $20 down the drain.

[bustinthejustin]

Alright thanks.