Spray paint. We all love it. But sometimes things can go very wrong. Not to worry, here are a few ways to fix almost any spray paint disaster.
This is what happens when you hold your nozzle too close and spray to heavily.
Drips
Drips
and even the dreaded crackling. Which, I have come to know is from not waiting 24 hours between coats. Patients is a virtue, right?
Wait until your paint is dry and grab your very fine grit wet or dry sand paper. I chose the 1000 grit.
Add some dish soap to a bowl of water and get your sand paper soapy and wet, rub away your mistakes!
Using a super fine grit paper is awesome. It smoothes it right down and keeps the finish. I didn’t even have to re- coat all of the mistakes. Just the ones where the wood was exposed. Just remember to let dry for 24 hours between coats or you may be doing this again to fix your crackles. I know because it happened.
Good advice thanks.
Wow, thanks for sharing.
You just saved me a lot of pain! Thank you!
Thanks for the great tip.
Thanks for the tips! I often wondered why I had drips and a crackling look when I spray painted. I guess I'm impatient.
Great tips! Thank you.
this is genius! i hate all those drips that happen with spray paint- thanks for sharing!
this is genius! i hate all those drips that happen with spray paint- thanks for sharing!
this is genius! i hate all those drips that happen with spray paint- thanks for sharing!
this is genius! i hate all those drips that happen with spray paint- thanks for sharing!
this is genius! i hate all those drips that happen with spray paint- thanks for sharing!
I always have the best intentions of going slowly and not applying too much paint…then I get excited to finish and a drip will appear. This is a great fix for drips. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for the tips, I always hold my can too close! Tina
Thank you so much! I never knew about using soap.
I love that you don't need to re-paint!! Awesome. I'm the "impatient-double-coater-in-an-hour" type a gal
Thanks for sharing
Ali
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Thanks for sharing! I'm going to have to try the soapy water next time. I'm always impatient with a can of spray paint
Oh man, I'm HORRIBLE at spraypainting! I'll try this out for sure! Until then, I'll just turn it good side out.
so how about a spray paint mistake like this:
http://aweemeenit.blogspot.com/2011/08/spray-paint-mistake.html
wondering what to do, the frame is plastic!
thanks
Thanks for sharing this idea to us.
Thank you for the good advice! I would also say, as someone who has spray painted several things, you should read the back of the can for each kind of paint you buy. They each have different instructions and drying times!
I had experienced paint disaster and it was so frustrating on solving it. It is really good to have an ideas on how to fix it.
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Thank you for your tip. I am helping a friend refinish and reupholster a beloved chair of her husbands and I was afraid that I had ruined the project. Thanks again!
Thanks for this info! The promise of a thrift store lamp has been salvaged after a bad Krylon job .Thanks!