My first baby has got speckled skin, I thoughoughly mixed the paint, it was well thinned, not too thick. It looked fine going on but has come out the oven with fine spotty skin. I am using Genesis heat set paints 8 mins at 265f The first couple of layers were like this too, each time I paint another layer I pounce over and blend in any creases with a dry brush. It looks ok when it is drying but as soon as I heat set the layer it goes speckly. At first I though this was the texture so I carried on but it looks awful. The baby has been heat set 4 times for four layers. I am going to have to remove the layers if I cannot get a smooth coat over to blend in. The oven is clean and the right temperature. Could it be the vinyl? I am sure I am blending before baking so I don't think it is the paint mix. Can anyone give me some advice? Thank you xxx

It's really hard to tell without pictures. Can you take and post some pictures for us so we can better help you?

Yes, pics would be good. That way we can see what your seeing!
Hopefully your able to work it out without having to strip and start over!

Sounds like your paint is too thick. You have to look at it after it is dry, before going in to the oven. The paint should be about as thin as fat free milk. Hope that helps...

Thank you all for your help and advice. I analyzed the vinyl of the original doll under a stromg magnification against another purpose made kit and found the fault was with the surface texture. It was very heavily pitted hence the speckling which was paint pooling in the micro holes. I was using a full body doll to practice skills such as shaping the tummy plate, stripping the original paint, eye removal/re fixing and so on. I turned the caucasion doll into an ethnic baby and the speckles were no longer noticable. When I work out how to add pictures from my laptop on here (I do not use photobucket etc) I will upload my finished baby.

Thank you so much for the Image shack link here are a couple of the finished baby

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Aw well he looks great! One way of avoiding those speckles due to vinyl pits such as this would be to use a thinned down layer of matte varnish as your first layer. Consider it like using gesso on a canvas. Keep it thin and smooth for best results.

Marion check these out, they are designed for the likes of Berenguers etc, so may well work in your case also.

http://www.hunnybunsrebornsupply.com/inc/sdetail/18827

Lyn gave you exactly what I would have given you. Lyn!