A customer in Omaha told me my clear coat was 'orange peel city' and it stung

He pointed at a fender I'd just done and said it looked like the skin of an orange, which made me really look at my spray gun setup. I checked the pressure and found it was way too high, so I dialed it back and started doing more test sprays on scrap metal first. How do you guys check for a smooth finish before it's too late?

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the_zara1mo ago

Yeah, doing test sprays on scrap first is the only way to really see the finish...

emmaj3318d ago

Oh, so you're saying I should stop learning by ruining my actual projects first?

rubyschmidt1mo ago

Honestly @the_zara is right, test sprays save so much headache. I've messed up a whole piece before by skipping that step. Tbh even the same paint can look totally different on various surfaces.