[Stealthee]

I've painted with a small compressor before and had no real issues. The compressor I used is an old one that my uncle gave to me to use and he used it to paint many, many cars himself.

When I painted my 3000GT earlier this year I made sure to do lots of research on gun settings and the like. I watched Paint Society on YouTube. Brian has many different videos showing different techniques and always notes his settings. One thing he notes, and I definitely figured out, was not all guns will act the same. Environments and even material change things too.

I helped my cousin paint his Civic in September. I let him do most of the spraying, as that is what he wanted, but he just wanted me there for support and to help trouble shoot, if so needed. The color went down great, but when it came time for the clear it wasn't spraying quite right, even using the settings I had used when I did mine. After making several adjustments and not getting any real changes in spray pattern I just modified how I sprayed to get the desired result. I showed him what I was doing, and let him take over.

I know I got a little wordy so to sum things up do plenty of research of make notes. When it comes to flash time set a timer. I know if I don't set a timer one of two things happen, I try to go back too soon to spray the next coat, or I may wait too long. Have patience. When I was helping my cousin paint his car I had to kick him more than once for moving too fast, or moving the gun too far away from the surface. For clear coat it always is going to look "rough" as it is first sprayed, then it flows out.