Orange peel in paint

• Sherwin-Williams troubleshooting guide

That's when I discovered my gravity feed gun had a fine strainer pressed into the fitting between the cup & valve. It had just enough blockage to starve the tip of paint, no matter how thinned. Perfect for orange-peel texture.

Anyway, I pressed out the strainer & the paint went on nice & smooth.

Maybe someday I'll go back do a little sand & recoat, maybe.

Jeff

Basically - the paint is being applied too thick, too close, too high a pressure, or the nozzle is clogged somewhat (all the above will produce orange peel and any combination). I can't be more specific because a lot depends on your sprayer and how thin you got the paint. You will need to thin the paint per specs, find a psi that works best with your particular spray gun, don't get closer than 12", and make sure your nozzles are squeeky clean by poking thin wire into the holes and spraying lots of straight paint thinner through it. Practice on a piece of plywood or whatever you have handy until you find the right combination. Most gravity feed systems like very low pressure I have discovered. I have two tractors with orange peel, but I found a nicely painted tractor with textured paint is still MUCH nicer than a rusty one!

Good luck,
Dan

If the paint is too thick or the pressure too low you may get some orange peel.

I've seen barnd new vehicles from the factory with some orange peel. HTH. Rick

Rick