When / if to rub out - need advice

My wife and I just repainted our kitchen stove from avocado green to white. This is the second time we've done this; the first time, we used appliance paint and it turned out fantastic. The only downside is that the heat eventually did a lot of the paint in (it turned brown).

So we chemically stripped and then repainted the whole oven with Rustoleum engine paint (500F) in gloss white. The problem is that I think I didn't lay the coats down real uniformly so while it's all white, there are variations in the gloss: glossy spots and flat scratchy The whole stove is uniformly white

The paint says that I can recoat after 24 hours, and it takes 7 days to fully cure. What to do?

A. Rub out the paint with rubbing compound. When do I do this? Now? Or wait until after 7 days?
B. Scuff and recoat with a thicker coat to give even gloss. I tried this on a different piece and was only marginally successful.

What's your advice?

Not sure what the answer is here, but if the stove is Avocado Green, it is 40 or 50 years old. The Mrs. probably does not want you to succeed.

Tom C.

scrap it! make the wife happy buy her a new one, or a slightly used one try craigslist

http://erie.craigslist.org/app/1897755059.html

http://buffalo.craigslist.org/tag/1902910647.html

How about option D - "Hire a professional spray painter... (Hey Bill, what's your availability?)"

I'd encourage caution with the whole scuffing and shooting option. I've had a bad experience with Rustoleum when I scuffed and immediately reshot - to the point they had to cut me a FAT check for the project their product ruined and I had to completley redo.

Apparently - Rustoleum is fish oil based, so even if it's cured and you sand on it - you re-expose the chemicals in the paint and then have to let it cure AGAIN. Maybe the engine paint is a different story and you'd be good to go - but I figured I'd share what I'd learned the hard way to hopefully save you some grief.

Replacing the stove is not an option. It is a 40" wide unit with a companion oven. Used 30" units are on CL all day long for $150. 40" units are just not available used (we've looked for months), and new ones are around $1600. We will renovate our kitchen before we buy another one of this size.

Wetsand then buff with compound.