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Hey everyone, I have a question about the trim I painted in my car. I did the trim arond the cd player, around the air vents, and the trim around the door handles. The thing is that I kinda messed up on the trim around the cd player and the trim around the door handles. Everythime I painted the trim, there were particles of dust and other debree that got on the paint job and you can see it in the end result. Is there something I can do to prevent this or not? I will probably just sand off the old paint job and start from scratch again.

 
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Yes, there is a very easy solution for this. First, dont sand off all the paint, just get very fine grit wet/dry paper and soak it in water, then lightly sand the surface smooth. Then, while that is drying, (wait until it is dry to dust off the surface with a paintbrush) Get a large box, make sure it is clean inside (no dust or so on....) and a roll of cling wrap or something similar to wrap over the opening. Spray down the trim pieces again with several thin light coats (they will gloss over as they dry if they seem sortof dull as your spraying). Put the freshly painted pieces in teh box, and seal with teh cling wrap. Let dry over night before removing the wrap, and then just let them sit for about another 24 hours or so, you can bake on VERY low temperature in your oven if you want (will help with scratch resistance) but air drying is fine. Hope it helps.