I painted mine with the correct Lacquer,
I used my old school Binks #7 gun, and I still prefer to spray Lacquer..just hard to find..
Use quailty thinner, not the hardware store stuff, spray it on in thin but wet coats..3 coats should do it.
It has been about 4 years, but I think I thinned it about 1 to 1 to get good results. The Binks 7 is more like a garden hose than current guns..
I also painted the steering column on a different day with the same paint.