Paint questions...

Standard lacquer based high solids primers are good for building and filling sanding scratches........a light grey is best, with a little "fog" on top with a black primer......the black dust will get into all the scratches as you work and show you in "technicolor" where you have to block the scratches out...an Old School trick that still works today..........

Base/Clear, even with metallics, is relatively easy to work with and very forgiving........just like the old lacquers. If you want great metallic, and are a beginner, I would use a good LVHP gun such as a DeVilbiss or Sharpe at about 35 pounds or so, and a fairly wide pattern....ask your jobber for the correct nozzle to be sure..........you can clear with an HVLP.......lot's less overspray............

My 2 cents.......Shot LOTS of metallic in the day........and stay back about a foot to foot & a half laying on those metallic coats......do NOT put it on heavy....take it easy.

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