Tried my hand at paint today...

I had a feeling, which is why I put paint booth in quotes lol. I'm in the same boat as you are so this just gives me more confidence in my attempt that'll be coming up here within the next year. You see professional guys talking online about having to set up a booth perfectly and then you see pictures of guys who just painted in a clean garage and it looks good enough for 99% of us.



I'm never bored getting good advice. I appreciate it Fred. I'm still in the epoxy primering stage. Actually taking my hood down to bare metal as we speak. I wanted metallic but chose against it since I want to paint it myself and do it in pieces like you advised. Sounds like it's more forgiving that way and if I mess up, at least I'm just fixing one panel and not the whole shebang.
Don't be to afraid of painting metallic or pearls as long as it's not a tri coat you'll do fine on painting it one piece at a time if your using base clear.