My paint jobs are getting more consistently better, and I think this means my surface prep is generally pretty good, and my spray technique is getting better. I only mention this because I know some folks aren't crazy about your basic gloss Krylon these days - apart from their one line of paint which is apparently more like the older formula (but which I haven't found around here). And I've had about the same success rate with Krylon and Rusto (due to an occasionally chunky can of Rusto).īut, in fact, my best paint job was with two colors of Krylon. Thing is, when the Krylon goes on well, I really like it. I don't think it's occurred when I've used Rusto. I've only had this occur a few times, and only when using Krylon gloss enamel. But I'm wondering if it's the tack cloth that's doing this. Now, I've heard a tack cloth can leave a residue on the surface, so I try to go very lightly with it, as I've read you're supposed to do. Sometimes I don't paint right away, though, and dust may have settled on the rocket, or there may be lint left behind by the cloth I use to wipe it down with alcohol, so just before painting I gently wipe down the rocket with a tack cloth. Immediately after sanding, I rub the rocket down with a little rubbing alcohol on a clean cloth. The thing I'm wondering is if this has to do with the method I'm using to clean dust off the rocket before painting. Now, I sand carefully and try to get the rocket as clean as I can before painting. Last week, I got a particularly bad case of fisheye, which looked a bit like this (again, not my photo): The reason I don't have my own is that each time this has happened, I've gotten really angry, and sprayed the rocket until I got the darned thing covered, then went back and sanded down the lumps and repainted. Now, this picture, and the next one, are not mine. It's where you spray paint and there's a spot - usually a round spot - where the paint does not cling to the rocket.

I used to call it 'moon pocks,' because it looked like a pock mark or lunar crater, but I've since learned it's called fisheye. Sometimes I get this weird thing happening with my paint.

Fisheye in paint