jlabrasca
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In this case, it was undoubtedly my fault.
I'd soaked the cone in Minwax wood hardener and then painted the surface with thin CA, before I sprayed it the first time. I originally used some left-over backboard paint. Its tough, and has a nice matte finish that suited me for this rocket -- which is meant to look like an upscale of the Estes K11 kit. I took a few months to decide that little field damage gives the rocket character, and not to fill in the dents and chips -- just to repaint it the way that I would have done it when I was 10.
Given that the surface was already a hodgepodge of off-label applications, and I didn't feel like running out to buy another can of blackboard paint, I grabbed the only other non-glossy black I had. I gave the surface a light sanding, wiped it down with diluted denatured alcohol and -- after letting it dry -- sprayed it with Rustoleum hight-heat black. I got good adhesion everywhere but in the spots where the bare wood had been exposed -- where it got all interesting.
I'll sand it a little more aggressively, and try again.