WarrenL
Active Member
OK teamsters, you all seem to be a pretty practical bunch around here. So what do you do about dust nibs in gloss enamel paint? I've tidied up an old set of shelves for my little daughter and applied a couple of coats of new gloss (this was probably my first mistake) oil-based enamel. From a couple of metres away everything looks fine, but step up closer with the light at an angle and the finish is full of dust nibs. It drives me nucking futs! I've tried everything, making sure that I'm working in an undisturbed, clean workshop, ensuring the paint and brushes are clean, wiping down the surfaces with a tack rag after thorough cleaning, and so on. However it appears impossible to stop the airborne dust from clinging to the new paint. Short of a building a sealed, filtered, positive pressure workshop/paint booth what can I do?