Sorry but I cannot let this potentially happen lol. I’m a Sales Manager for an OEM Spray Equipment MFG. So I “may” be a bit biased, please don’t spend all the time and elbow grease that it is going to take you, to even somewhat properly prep your car - then use a rattle can to put your finish on. The Anest Iwata LPH-400 is one of the finest Automotive Spray Guns you can buy at any price. You can pick them up used which is what I’d do if I were you. Here is an example on eBay.
Nozzle size is important. Automotive (solvent based) primers and clear coats should be fine using a 1.4mm like the one linked. Base coats will use a 1.2 or 1.3, but you can throttle down the fluid adjustment enough from a 1.4 to make it work.
Understand that the spraying part is going to take the least amount of time of your entire project, but is the difference between your car looking good or like crap. Take some time on the youtube machine getting spun up on how to spray and how to tune a gun. Then practice a bit. You should spray a stripe, then overlap that stripe about 75%. IE spray over your first stripe 3/4 of the way up with your second pass and then continue in that manner. If you lay it on light, you can go back over it with a quicker pass laying down more material. If you lay on too much, you’re screwed as you’ll get runs and “fixing” those is much more advanced, and best for the novice to just start over. Lost time, lost paint, more sandpaper. Good luck man! Post the pics!
