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I give it a try on my hood and so far the results arn't too encouraging. I tried a mix of 20% mineral spirits and gloss black. Evreyone says to have thin coats with little or no roller pressure, but that way I was getting bubbles everywhere. I found if I put some pressure on it, the paint laid out more evenly but with orange peel instead.



Yep, that's what I found too. Little paint in the roller, hard pressure on the car when rolling. The orange peel is probably due to too thick a mixture of paint. If you were just putting too much on, you would have runs and not just orange peel. Add some more mineral spirits to your mix and you should be good.. but a thinner mixture is also more likely to run so be sure to keep the layer thin.