welllllll I don't know about that Tom. I used to work for a company doing industial spray painting and we didn't have to deal with alot of orange peel" CUASE WE GOT IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME". He's a pretty smart fella learning from all those mistakes. Seriously, orange peeling is caused by applying the paint from tooo far away or having the wrong air pressure. ,It happens often when you're painting a car because you are often working in a tight space and the surface is so large. Just to mention a few of the problems. If you're working on a "small" item like a cowl you can mount it on a rotating surface When you begin to shoot your cowl do all the hard to get areas first. This may involve turning it upside down etc. When you have hit those areas place the cowl on your surface and shoot it, than turn it 90 degrees, shoot it again, turn it, etc until it is covered. Try to avoid going over lite spots. This causes runs. Instead try to be methodical and thorough the first time. Than after the paint dries get out you wetndry and sand off the orrange peel