Well thanks, Robert! Luckily my cranial capacity of mindless drivel knows no satiety!
It was a purple haze of psychedelic proportions! The first step was an even coat of tinted epoxy to replicate the dip primer. Once that was done I raised the car as high as it could go on the rotisserie. I wanted to paint the car in this position since this is how it was painted in the factory and the overspray should be pretty close without having to work to make it look correct. I then busted out da base and sprayed that after the epoxy flashed for 60 minutes. To get the proper overspray pattern, I turned the air valve up to the max. See, these new-fangled HVLP guns don't do much wasting of materials with overspray. So to remedy that, I made a knob setting for velocity according to the material I use. Pretty simple really.
After this flashed, I mixed up a small batch of clear with 30% base added. This allowed me to get the single stage gloss look on the edges of the floor pans, wheel wells, and inner fenders. I didn't want to spray the clear directly on the base since I didn't want clear overspray anywhere on the pans which would tight the epoxy. A reduction on the nozzle fan size and an increase in material allowed me to get the small details that was on the car originally like the trunk brace edges getting a little dusting along with the opposite edge of the trans tunnel.
The underside of the frame rails, just like originally, were just primed.... no color or very, little. Remember, the painter didn't want to paint the frame and any color inside the wells is from painting the fenders.
Overall I'm happy with it! Now it's unmasking time, then remaking time for engine bay and trunk!
Cheers
Dave