Tabernacle | Reapplying the Final Coat

I thought it would be easy to complete the show coat on the tabernacle before we leave for the southern hemisphere.

So I wet sanded the whole thing with a P400 grit to get a good surface, as instructed by the technical instructions. Like this.

Then I applied the fifth coat to the outside faces, adding 5% Epifanes Easy Flow to condition the paint.

I thought this would work on a small surface area, but it didn't. A mixture of orange peel finish, brush marks and dry edges marred the results.

Here it is.

I'm not sure if the relative humidity was the problem, or the fact that the paint was several weeks old. I could see and feel it was not flowing out as expected.

So off it all came. Here I am wet sanding the new paint.

Here is the tabernacle, ready for fresh paint.

I am not sure when or even if I will try again before we leave. But I will certainly use fresh paint...

Onwards and upwards!