What causes wavy clear? Not really orange peel but wavy.

Over the last week and a half, I've been working on my 1986 F150 called El Guapo. Previously, I had sprayed the insides of the doors and underside of the hood. The hood came out okay, but I'm not completely happy with the doors. For a first time painting, though, I expect some hiccups. I just consider it part of the process. On Thursday, I was able to mask the cab and paint the door jambs and firewall. I had mixed all the Shadow Blue Metallic paint that I had (it was two batches produced 13 yrs apart), and the new mix is slightly lighter than the paint I sprayed the doors and hood with, so I'll get to scuff and repaint the insides of the doors. Yesterday, I was going to spray the bed and tailgate, and got everything masked and hung, but I screwed up the sealer on the tailgate, creating a huge run under the letters, so I just stopped there and went on with the bed. I got it sprayed with sealer, and all was going well until the second coat of base, when I wound up with a big run along the passenger side. I remembered Aaron video about fixing mistakes so I didn't panic, I just let it dry for 20 min or so, and then got the soft sander with some 800 and lightly sanded it smooth, fixed a few nibs, and then covered it with another coat of base and a dust coat for the entire bed. Three coats of clear finished it off and made sure I'd have enough to cut and buff later. Overall, I think it came out pretty good. I've got a sag in the clear and a huge run on the driver side, but I know it will clean up, and I know I've got plenty of clear on there. For my first time painting a vehicle, I'm happy with it, and more importanly, the wife is happy with it. Now, I just need to get the doors back on the cab, and get the cab, doors, tailgate, fenders, hood, cowl panel and stone guard painted.

Thanks for the add. Just found the YT channel and have been watching some videos. They have been a great resource and picked up a few tricks. This part is the trunk lid and you can see stripes on camera but not with the naked eye. Whats up with that?

Recently, I sprayed the inside of the doors and underside of the hood of my 1986 F150 project truck. It's shadow blue metallic, ford paint code 7B. Back in 2013, I took it to a guy who was going to paint it for me, but he wound not being able to finish the project. I had forgotten that he had purchased paint for the project, and after 13 years, I had forgotten about it, too. It's been in a climate controlled environment since the truck came home, back in 2014. Recently, in preparation for paint the truck myself, I purchased 2 gallons of paint and reducer (same brand as before) and sprayed the underside of the hood and inside of the doors. I know it's just paint, but I was overthinking, and wondered if the older paint was still any good if I ran short, so I put it on the paint shaker for a while and then popped the clips off and opened the first can. There was no sludge in the bottom, so this morning, I sprayed a test panel with the same black sealer as the doors and hood, and then a couple coats of clear. Soooo.... My question for the group, should I mix the 2 older gallons with the 2 newer gallons, or just a couple quarts of older paint with the new paint to make sure I have plenty in case of having to respray something? Would the color change between the inside of the doors and the rest of the truck be noticeable enough to require those to be scuffed and resprayed? I am going to have to fix a screwup on one door anyway, so respraying it wouldn't be any more trouble. What do you guys think? Opinions, advice, suggestions welcome.

My project truck, El Guapo, is a 1986 F150 that was started back in 2010 and has been in pieces for the last 16 yrs. I took it to a guy who was going to paint it, but things happened, and after it was stripped and sprayed with primer, he moved back to California. I was left with a truck in primer, and no good way to finish it. That was 2014. Fast forward 12 yrs and I have it ready for paint. I built a paint booth and I'm now ready to get it done. A couple days ago, I finished the interior with epoxy and a couple coats of a single stage hot rod black. The next day, I did the inside of the cowl, hit it with seam sealer, and a couple coats of hot rod black. This morning, I sprayed the underside of the hood and the inside of the doors with black SPI Epoxy sealer followed by Tamco Shadow blue metallic (code 7B) and Tamco clearcoat. It's not perfect, but it came out pretty decent, and for my first attempt at painting a vehicle, I'll take it.