Smooth paint vs scratchy/unequal/rubbed paint

Posted in Custom Workstation

Hi! I've bought some well sculpted figures recently but the paint of the figures looks generally very scratchy/rubbed. Very, very different from the aspect of an industrialized figure. My question is: Is there any way to make a smoother/non-rubbed/non-scratched paint that resembles more the factory-made figures? I seem to have come across some of these in the galleries of some customizers here but I wanted to make sure it's really possible and not just an impression that I got from pictures well taken. Tks!