This is brush application and all parts are in the vertical position.

Isn't it an oil based product?
Oil based paint has a tendency to take a long time to dry and attract dust
I would look at other options for painting cabinets

Dust is the enemy...sometimes it wins. Rubbing out and buffing or spraying on a faster drying clear coat might be options as you've already tried everything (and then some) l can think of.

I would gladly switch products if the company that builds the cabinets would let me.

The paint is tacky for 6 - 8 hours and as you can imagine, that gives it plenty of time to grab airborne dust.

I think that a microchip clean room might just provide a good environment, but hard to construct in a finished home.

This is from Hollandlac's site: "One of the few disadvantages of working with great brilliant enamels like Hollandlac and ECO is that pigments in both of these coatings are extremely finely ground, very much like automobile paints and therefore these paints tend to reveal airborne contamination (the type of dust particles that float in the air of even the cleanest homes)

Yikes!
I'm not a brush guy, but I would let the finish flash off/tighten up for few days or so considering it's an oil based product before pulling my hair out. I would think it would get better over time. Best of luck.
my2cts

Another gem from their site. They obviously know the product is a b$%^h to apply.

"When painting furniture or cabinet components we recommend that the work be done in a garage or basement with a “wet floor”. The floor should be wet down with mop and bucket at least 24 hours prior to application of paint and kept wet throughout the process in order to serve as a magnet to airborne dust. Where it is not possible to move work to areas suitable for wet floor treatment, many of our best professional contractors utilize inexpensive “kiddie pools” in which they place a half inch of water at least a day or two before beginning paint application."

Good luck

Bart
Holy s#@/!!!!!
Why would anyone uses this stuff!!!??

This is why many painters are walking away from oil based paint!

My only suggestion would be if you can, put a clear coat of oil based varnish over it. That MAY not show up the dust as much as when dirt breaks the plane of a dark enamel and shows up more. But I could be just blowing smoke.......

And just maybe Find Paints of Europe should stay put....in Europe.

Gentlemen,

Thanks to all for your colorful input.

I am not sure whether a clear coat would solve my problem, but it might create its own - the clear would most likely dry more quickly than the pigmented underlayer, and could possibly exhibit cracking.

The whole thing with kiddie pool makes me laugh too.

There is barely enough space in this pantry to place a ladder, let alone a pool of water. This is a client occupied space and leaving it unattended for a couple of days would have been a push.

As it was, we ran two air cleaners running in a very small space for 40 hours, leaving the work area unvisited for a whole 'furlough' day.

When the surface stays wet for six plus hours, you need an amazing amount of air quality control.

And I just don't think it is possible to get this surface blemish free.