[Espeefan]

I think you'll always get that 'ridge' between the paint line breaks, no matter what you do. How much paint you lay down will make it show up more, or less, but I wouldn't strip the whole paint job just because of that. It's probably only a couple thousands of an inch thick, but you'd be surprised how the human eye can pick up on it. I'm not the best painter in the world either, but I'd go along with what Aaron said. Finish your paint job first, clear coat it, wet sand it, then clear it again. Repeat it a few times until you notice the break between the paint colors is disappearing. Kind of like building up the lower lying paint, with clear coat, to remove ridge effect.

I'll tell you what. I would be happy, and completely fine, with a ridge between paint line breaks, as long as the lines are crisp and clean, with no bleed through.