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I messed up on this coat and did not thin it,it may take a month to dry....... I used acetone like the can sayes and it flashed to quickly ,just like the article said.I will try mineral spirits like was suggested in the article for a slower flash time.I was worried about blocking and then buffing it back to a shine ,but it looks like that is no worry.
It all comes down to attention to detail ,on how the finished product looks.
I also sprayed it instead of 7 coats like the article sayes,the pic below is one coat over brown primer sprayed.

There were 2 other paint choices for me,those were the ,hardnose por-15 paint,its loaded with cynides and bad stuff that would have killed the neighbors for 4 houses on each side.....no go,and the paint they use on fiberglass boat molds themselves,but figured it would drop all the residents for 200 foot circle ,soo that was out too.....
You can see the orange peel that needs to be blocked out,but like I said before ,I used a one pint trim gun at 40 or 50 lbs at the gun,{knowing it was not a final coat}if I would have used the big hvlp gravity gun and thinned it ,I am positive it would have been pretty flat.
I am going to use this coat to get the body perfect and spray a smoother final coat ,to be blocked and buffed out,I am pretty sure mine will be as smooth as the one in the article.
I now have the exsperiance to use a good automotive paint and not wast most of it and it will be 20 times faster ,plus much more easily worked with than this stuff.Think of it like cutting stone with a hammer and then getting computerized cutting machine
The next one with automotive paint is going to be like someone gave me a EASY button....