the biggest thing you need to remember with painting is that you can have the worlds best painter do it but if the preparation isnt perfect then the paintjob will be rubbish...
i taught myself how to paint back in the days of air dry enamels and acran which was a precursor to todays 2 packs...i always prefered using acrylic because it was so forgiving...if it was too dry rub it down..too wet block the runs down..
i found the best way when i was learning to see that my prep was perfect was too paint the car gloss black..2 coats fairly wet..this showed up all the imperfections and i would then just repair them again and blow over some more black..when i was happy with my prepwork i would rub it down again and the black was the base coat.
then i just painted it whatever colour it was getting done.
also by using the black prep checking method you become good with the gun as you know its not your finished product and you can experiment with thinning and thickening and settings on the gun as you can rub it out and blow it in until your happy.
all this obviously takes more time but it will save you lots of dollars in the end and you wont need to go to the gym because you are doing lots of rubbing....
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