ok i'v been reading this post for awile and would like to add my two cents. i painted my race car in one hour. never painted a car before. i use dupont paint, 1995 stealth pearl yellow, yellow base coat pearle coat then clear coat all in one hour cleaning the gun between each coating, i used a hvlp type system. it was so easy, no runs because it dries fast,10 minutes tops,did this in my garage and had no over spray with this gun and uses 1/3 the paint they recomend. i wet sanded with 1500 two hours later and it was beautiful. i just can't see why you guys would go to all that trouble to paint that way. total cost(with too much paint i can paint two more cars with what i got left) was 650 dollars,all paint, it is so easy, real hard to make a mistake. if u can use a rattle can you can do this.