I used to paint with acrylic lacquer paint, but that stuff is so fast drying, that I was always having that problem with it drying before it hit the surface, and then giving a rough texture that was a nightmare to deal with. You have to be so careful to keep the spacing between the gun and the surface just right, so it sprays on wet enough, and never turn the gun at an angle, and stop spraying when you get to the edge of the surface where the paint is going to spray down the side at an angle.
So I started using acrylic urethane paints now, and don't have nearly as much of a problem with that. It still can do it if you spray too far from the surface, but not nearly as bad. The only problem I have now is, the urethane paint remains tacky for much longer, so I have a lot more problems with bugs getting in my paint. With the lacquer paints, the bugs could crawl around on it just a couple minutes after spraying, and would not do any damage. But, that is exactly why you get that dry look and feel. Because it hardens way too fast.
