crazymikey
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like maztang,I primered my truck myself. I only had a small compressor and a borrowed spray gun,and I had to spray outdoors of all places. All in all,the primer job turned out good with no runs or anything. I used to do some paintwork at a custom shop I used to work at,so I have some experience with mixing paints and using spray guns and stuff.
I just bought one of those temporary shelter big ass vinyl garages to store my truck in for the winter,so I'm thinking in the spring I might be able to mock it up as a spray booth and paint my truck in it. As much as I wouldn't mind takinf my truck to have a professional paint job done,I like the DIY aspect and being able to say "yeah,I did all the apint and bodywork myself."
Oh,also something nobody has touched on for orange peel is that you may not be using enough reducer in the paint. That's generally the problem I found that I had when I was mixing paints for the first time. And also for spraying metallics,move fast and apply light coats. Like previously mentioned,if you go to slow,the metal flake piles up and runs like water.