This is why I don't use foam rollers. Try lightly backbrushing the paint and see if the bubbles go away.

Thanks, paintguy.
I gave it a whirl on another door I had primed.
I rolled the paint on, then went over it lightly with a brush.
It took the bubbles away, but now I have tiny brush marks. I'm using a Wooster brush. Hopefully the paint will level itself as it dries?

The paint will level as it dries to some extent as long as you applied the paint heavily enough. In order to not have any brushmarks at all, your technique has to be absolutely perfect. You could also try a small 1/4" mohair roller. I'm assuming your foam roller was 4"? The mohair rollers are like normal rollers, but leave less stipple and the 1/4" size is so small that the stipple may actually fade away as the paint dries or it will be so small that you may not notice. I also like the Pro-Dooz ones made by Wooster.

I'm sorry - I don't have an answer to your question - but I had to tell you I love your subject line. "Bubbles in my Aura" ... like, "clouds in my coffee" etc. Sounds nice. LOL

I had the same reaction when I read the title, duchamp!

Haha, oh good, I'm glad you liked the title :)

And my saga continues! Still had very faint brush marks on my doors, so I'm headed out to buy a mohair roller today! I think using a brush is a little too advanced for me, lol.(Thanks for the info, paintguy!)

I had the same thing happen, except that I'm using BM satin impervo.

I tossed the foam roller and switched to a brush. I added a bit of flotrel (sp?) and that helps in leveling out the brush strokes. I found putting on very thin layers of paint helped eleminate brush marks - if I could see them I had the paint on too thick.

BTW - I tried rolling on the paint and then going over with a brush and that did not work to get out the bubbles. Seemed the paint dried just enough that it did not work. My cabinets are floor to ceiling, and I did one side and then went over it - so it wasn't that long. Tried doing it almost immediatley and still did not like the results.

I am also "experimenting" in that we built our bathroom cabinets first as a learning experience before doing the kitchen cabinets. My house is 130 years old, so a bit of "hand brushing" look is what I'm after.

But I sure do like the BM paint. I've found two very light coats covers well and seems very hard once fully cured. I found with the satin impervo that a thicker coat left brush marks, but the thin coat smoothed nicely.

I also found different brushes make a huge difference - I love Wooster supplies, and the Lowes (about 60 miles away) started carrying them.

I'm not a professional by any means, but thought I'd share my limited experience.

Cathy

Cathy, thank you so much for your post! It's nice to know that I'm not alone! :)
Maybe I'll try the brush again if the mohair roller doesn't work out... a thin coat this time. I was hoping a thicker coat would level itself. Which it did, a little. But I still saw brush marks. And I'll look for the flotrel. Is that a paint thinner? I wonder if it's compatible with Aura paint... hmm...

I thought this was a spiritual question.

Floetrol is a paint conditioner. It adds open time to the paint and is supposed to help with levelling. Aura has their own conditioner now. It's just called 'Extender'....comes in a little black jug with a yellow label. You could also try XIM. Floetrol is the cheapest of all the conditioners on the market. I don't think BM ever came out and said that Floetrol is compatible with Aura, but I have heard from other painters that XIM worked fine with Aura. But, now since BM has come out with their own, I would just use that.