Heavy textured spray paint?

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I am restoring an owl eye coin door that has a heavy textured paint profile. Its is almost like a heavy orange peel texture.

I know home depot sells fine textured spray paint and that is all i have been able to find thus far but I need something heavier. I have searched the net with no luck and I'm tempted to get one of those cans of orange peel used for drywall and spray that on it then go over it with the spray paint. Or maybe truck bed spray paint? But again, the truck bed may be too fine of a texture.

That is unless anyone knows of a spray paint out there to get the desired effect?

(Hammered finish does not give the correct effect either.)

(Grainger does not carry anything either)
 
If you have a can of spray paint you can test this with, try it.

You'll get it on your hands, BTW.

Get a piece of cardboard or to try this on - you normally just push the button/cap down until it sprays out. Try barely pushing the button down, slowly, until it starts coming out in a sputter.

I've painted coin doors and got a look very close to the original textured paint. Put on a couple of wet coats to cover, so that it's done, but smooth. Let dry for a bit, then try sputtering the spray over it. You kinda have to make quick passes and try to get it even. If you stay too long in one spot, you'll get a smooth/wet spot of paint.
 
There is a video on YouTube that does a really good demo of resting the texture of an owl eye coin door. First you spray the door flat black, and then after its cursed you use the technique joeycuda is describing to splatter black gloss spray paint. The contrast between the flat and gloss paint accentuates the texture. I chickened out after I painted mine flat black - because on test runs, it just took a small slip on the nozzle and you can drop big globes of paint and then you have to start all over again... and I liked how the flat turned out when I sprayed it on "dry" which added a tiny bit of texture. Anyway - the key point is to use flat and gloss for the splatter... and practice that splatter technique until you have it nailed. Additional passes of splatter coats will also add more and more texture.
 
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