That's why I am working on it.

What you're looking for with the base and colors is a very light, opaque coat. You don't want to build up thickness, but you want it to lay down. So if you double the reducer, this allows you to get the paint thin enough to lay down and flow in a very light coat.

The first couple of coats should be just misted, they should not be full coats. You're just getting paint onto the surface enough to stick and flash. Usually you need to wait about 6-10 minutes between coats. it should take no more than 3-4 LIGHT mists to get it to lay down. As soon as it flows together and looks like a coat of smooth paint, RUN away from it and don't even breathe on it...you're done.

Then watch it carefully for runs or sags. if you did it right, there won't be any. if there are, rotate the part upside down from where it was and usually the sag or run will head in the other direction. Sometimes you get lucky if you catch it soon enough. But the worst thing you can do is add more paint while it's still wet.

-Mike