For the benefit of everyone...

I happened by Stephen Hull's site and posed an inquiry into whether the U.S. had coach paint or something similar. He replied that he had never worked with any, but he provided a link to something that looked similar, even though he couldn't vouch for it. I just offer this as information... I used Rustoleum on my test piece and it worked fine. So I don't suppose we need any new paints, per se, but I would be interested in a good self-leveling paint with long open time just to make it easier and smoother so the wet-sanding goes more smoothly. Here's the link...

http://www.californiapaints.com/products/rustinhibit/lametal.asp