Dry spray
Dry spray is a rough, under-atomised, sandy paint texture caused by paint partly drying before it reaches the panel.
What it means
Dry spray, also called dry spray mottling or overspray bake-on, is a finish defect where the paint lands as a coarse, sandy, low-gloss texture instead of flowing out smooth and wet. It happens when the atomised paint loses too much solvent in the air before it touches the panel, so the droplets are already partly dry on arrival and cannot merge into a level film. The usual causes are holding the spray gun too far from the surface, too much air pressure, moving the gun too fast, or a solvent that evaporates faster than the conditions need. The result feels gritty to the touch and looks dull. Light dry spray on a clear coat can be cut back with colour sanding and polishing, but heavy dry spray, especially in the colour coat, usually has to be sanded down and resprayed with correct gun setup and technique.
Why it matters in Singapore
Singapore's heat speeds up solvent evaporation, so a gun setup or solvent choice that would be fine in a cooler climate can leave paint drying in flight here. A sprayer has to match gun distance, pressure, and solvent speed to the warm, humid local conditions. For owners, dry spray is one of the clearest signs of a rushed or poorly controlled respray: the paint may be the right colour but the surface is dull and rough rather than deep and glassy.
How Revol Carz handles this
At our Toh Guan facility, spraying is done inside our Italian Saima dust-free booth, where stable, controlled conditions let the sprayer set correct gun distance and pressure for the Spies Hecker paint being applied. A controlled environment plus correct technique is what lets the paint reach the panel wet and flow out level, so the finish cures glossy rather than sandy.