I did 4 coats and after wet sanding #4 I looked at the reflections of some lights at various angles. Horrible, horrible orange peel. (Honestly, no worse than my '97 Firebird factory paint, but GM factory paint ain't exactly a goal to shoot for!)
Tried sanding with 400 wet and it didn't improve things much.
Ended up saying F it and took it down with 320 dry... then 400 wet, then 600 wet. Now the reflection is clear and sharp, zero peel, but I've effectively lost two coats judging by how much the stock paint shows through in some areas.
Pretty sure I laid it on too thick on the first and second coat. Ah well, paint's cheap and the labor is free, so hopefully I'll do better from now on.
Not sure how to advice avoiding this, but wiping down with mineral spirits after wet sanding and looking at the reflection of a fluorescent light really makes the imperfections clear.
Just my $.02, hoping it'll help somebody.
Thats exactly what i did, i got away with wet 400. now its wet 600, and ill prolly put a coat on tomorrow morning and go from there
