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Originally Posted by Didymus
Steve is right; ideally, the last coat ought to be wet enough so there's no orange peel and you can go directly to polish. But that takes some practice; when you spray wet coats, there's a greater risk of sags and runs. Ddms
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That just about sums up what I was trying to say. I am a firm believer that you can mist coat all day and use compounds to produce a really nice gloss finish. But it takes a lot of work with the compound. If you can practice your technique and be able to apply wet coats, nice and smooth without getting runs and sags, you will leave yourself a lot less work with the polishing. It's only practice. Once you get the painting technique correct, you will be able to create nice paint jobs time after time. Using the correct paints, correctly thinned, with the right air pressure helps enormously as well.