Originally Posted by sylvierose

Hey everyone,

I am trying to do up by girlfriend bicycle, it's like a Raleigh 20 style 18" Morrison, and I've had some trouble with doing a final gloss coat.

I sanded the frame down primed it and spray painted it green (with Montana spray paint) but when I used the acrylic gloss I'd bought (of a different brand to the spray paint which is where I think I went wrong!) the green underneath began rising up into tiny little wrinkles, reacting with the overcoat in some way.

I was wondering if to remedy this I will have to strip all the paint off back down to the metal and start over (I hope not!) or if I can just do a vigorous sanding job and reapply the green?

Help much appreciated!