Can you post some pics so guys who do restorations can see what is going on.
-Mike

What is your painting technique? How far away are you spraying from the cabinet? How many coats and how much time in between?

If you're too far away the solvent evaporates in the air and the paint won't level out nicely.

Sounds like either you aren't sanding the primer, or you are using too coarse of grit.
Apply 2 coats of primer, and lightly sand with #800. No coarser than that.
Then apply 2 or 3 coats of color.

I can’t tell for sure from the pictures, but are you getting fish eyes in the paint?

I’d scuff the paint and apply a second coat. Often it’s best to spray a light coat first and then a final second for full coverage. From the pictures it looks like the paint didn’t fully bridge over surface grain in the wood. Second coat should eliminate that. If there is contamination like oils or silicone issue may still occur unless you use and additive like smoothie to break surface tension of the paint.

Hard to tell from pics, does the paint spray and lay correctly and then the specks appear (fish eye) or is the spray pattern from the gun spotty?

I’d say you are spraying too far away. Closer and enough paint for it to lay flat — but not too much of course to avoid runs.

If you spray too far away paint dries in the air and you get the “dust” effect.

Can't really tell from the pics but did u prime the Cab and sand with 800 grit ,which paint are u useing

I get the best coat laying the cab horizontal. Spray one side at a time, let dry. Takes awhile but vertical surfaces tend to hold overspray ‘bits’ and thus gets into final finish.

Yes resand u might have too fill in any holes ,after sanding go over with a light that will show u any bad spots ,what is your air flow at ,I spray at only 40 too 50 lbs with a smaller spray gun

U can adjust on the compressor also ,I spray at 40 too 50 lbs but I have a small spray gun ,I have used bigger guns before but I find smaller one works the best

1. You want to make sure your base coat is good and dry. If not you risk pulling some of it up when removing the stencil. If its good and dry, there is no reason you couldnt get it prepped the night before and paint in the morning.

2. I like laying the cab on its side just so I dont risk getting runs but thats me. I use rattle cans so I like finishing one side, then move to the others. But it sounds like you are using a gun so it may be beneficial for you to spray all one color let it dry and then move to the next color.

3. Give the paint some time to set up, half hour to an hour. But be careful, I have dropped the stencil before while removing it and it screwed up the paint. I have been giving it a couple hours lately and have even left over night and got it the next day with no issues.

Again this is just how I do it but there are lots of ways to make the pin look great.

Good luck Ryan

I usually wait 2 to 3 days between basecoat and each stencil color. Just look at the back of the paint can and read the “Recoat times“ to see and then add an extra day. You don’t want to fuck up all the work you did just because you are in a hurry.

I install the stencils and spray immediately, I do not stick them on a day before you spray. It is possible that if you let the stencil sit on the cabinet overnight that some of the fumes from the base paint could still be evaporating and loosen the adhesive on the back of the stencils and you might have a mess.