I did end up spraying epoxy as a sealer 45 minutes before spraying base and clear (per the TDS). It turned out pretty good except one run that needs to be fixed. The job was a bit of an experiment and learning experience before I move on to the rest of the body although I will only spray valences, jams, trunk, under hood and trunk, etc and leave the final paint to a pro. If I had to do it again I would have used a different gun for the base coat.
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ps it dried pretty flat...some light pebbly areas on the firewall but better than factory :) I might wet sand a few dust nibs out and polish
