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I painted Dupont acrylic enamel, no hardener, no metallic, on a 1935 truck, dark green, and it came out perfect, no sanding, no buffing, just plain perfect. Just painted a 42 truck, same paint but light blue and cannot stop the orange peel. I tried different pressure, gun, thinner, nothing works. Now I need to color sand all. How long must I wait until I can color sand?

about 2 weeks

The old enamels were harder than todays b/c c/c paints to sand and buff. Be careful you don't burn the paint. Be careful with the buffer.

Humidity can play a big part in the way paint lays down. It has been very humid here lately

Thank you all. It has been very humid here too. I will wait ten days to begin sanding, thank goodness I have extra paint if needed. If to take away the dirt grease and rust, restorations would be to easy.

I think if I got rid of all the dirt,grease and rust I wouldn't have much left.