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Ok, so i screwed up the paint job on the Texas DSP Impala and i really don't want to repaint the Florida HP monaco. So i painted like i should have (or so i thought). Primer, light mist coat, light mist coat again. Next day wet coat, waited one more day then wet sanded from 3600 all the way to 12000, put on some meguiars ultimate compound then added meg's scratch x 2.0 (not a great shine but it was something) added another wet coat after this. Waited a few days and then hit it with Krylon gloss clear coat(same as the blk & wht paint i used) and this is were my project went wrong. It started to dry dull in area's, so i did another wet sand and hit it with another wet coat of clear. Seemed to come out fine at first but not really sure what happened....When i did the wet sand everytime it always leaves it dull looking and the guy (who i really don't care to talk to anymore) said that i should keep sanding until i see it become clear. I never did that because i thought i was sanding all day. Then i noticed the paint on the hood cracking/raising up after the second clear coat. What in the world did i do wrong? I didn't wetsand my first model i did a few weeks ago and the clear coat came out fine Also here is my FSP car. Is texture that they call orange peel? I sprayed once then wetsanded and put another wet coat over it and it's pretty smooth. I'm really liking this car so far but i don't want to mess it up any further. I was hoping maybe i could put it one of our local shows whenever it comes around again. Thanks for any help in advance...Earle