I remembered I had at one time purchased some acrylic paint from Hobby Lobby (craft store). I sprayed it as a solid color without any blending, pin striping etc. I cleared it with automotive urethane from a local parts house. It was the "house brand". So far it has held up without issue. Because it was a solid color I did no masking so can't comment on how the tape did or did not pull paint off. I was relatively happy with the coverage (yellow and red) but was not trying to save every gram. The paint is cheap so experimenting is easy to do without ruining the budget.

I used rattle can high build auto primer, sanded, touched up the primer, sprayed the color and then cleared after three or four days to assure the acrylic paint was dry.

I just though I'd toss this out there for those the want to experiment a bit.

Ken

PS All the fancy stuff was done by Calli Graphics and sealed under the clear coat.