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stalemate:
I am to the painting stage of my cab and mostly it has gone pretty well but I'm having some issue with the black metallic paint I am trying to use for the last coat of paint before the clear.

My cabinet is made of plywood and I used a spray high build primer to get the surface smooth, then I put on a couple coats of Rustoleum Flat Black. At that stage everything looked great but then I tried to do the metallic.

I am using the Rustoleum Black Night metallic cans of paint as seen here: http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=30

I started with my flat black and sanded it down smooth and then I put a coat of the metallic on, waited about 20 minutes and then put another coat on. Here is what it looks like now:



When any light hits it, the paint has those streaks. I just put the 2 coats on yesterday so it had been about 30 hours since painting when that picture was taken.

I've seen streaks like this in my flat black coats early on just from uneven coverage, but these also have a different texture. The streaks that show a lighter color in this picture are a rougher texture and the darker, glossier parts are a smooth texture. It kind of seems like the lighter colored spots went on more "airy" or dryer or something (I'm a noob so it is hard to explain). The rougher spots seem to flake off somewhat in my hand if I rub my finger tips over them and apply any pressure at all.

Any advice here? I can see it being a few different things:
1 - I just need to put on some more coats
2 - There is something wrong with my technique
3 - This is perfectly normal and there is some other step I need to take to even it out or something (rubbing it with something? I don't really know, just speculating).


What should I do? If I have to strip this metallic off, I will probably just go back to a flat black and call it good. And I don't really want to spray more metallic on there just hoping that it is going to look right later, but if I felt any confidence that more coats would fix it, I would be all for it.

I play to apply a clear coat over this whole thing if that affects the advice any.

Thanks for reading!
Grimoz:
Use a small roller instead of spray, thats what I used on mine and it came out really good.
mytymaus007:
are those waves in the wood hi and low spots
lilshawn:
Ive found metallic spray bombs need a really heavy coat to look decent. I would agree with rolling. Spray tends to drip and sag when you put it on thick.
stalemate:
No, no waves in the wood, the wood is nice and flat and looked great before the metallic went on. I think what you are seeing is the effect of the light shining differently from the different textures I ended up with from the metallic paint.

Is there rollable metallic paint? I've never seen it, but that doesn't mean much. I'd be ok with rolling on a coat of metallic.
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