Never set anything on a surface that is in the
process of be painted. There is no telling
what is on the bottom of the cap. If in a few
weeks after it is painted a circle should appear
you’ll know where it came from. Only fresh
out of the box lint free paper towels should be
used to wipe the surface being painted. Once
you set a towel down it should only be use for
something else. Even freshly washed rags can
have detergent or conditioners remaining in
them that can cause a paint job to blow up.

I buy mine here. At $15.95 Canadian a can, that is under 12 bucks US for you per can. I doubt a paint shop would mix it that cheap, and put in a can for you, so why not just buy it done? His paint lays down nice, and is a nice match.

http://www.nymarine.ca

Prep is key, and you will never stop learning all the little prep tricks along the way!

A painter taught me another neat little trick the other day. He watched me mask a cowl, then put my roll of tape down on my work bench. He grabbed my magnifying glass, and showed me all the junk the edge of the tape picked up, which would have caused "bleeding" of colours when I sprayed the final coat. So now, I keep my tape in a plastic zip lock container, to keep the edges of tape clean from debris to give me a nice clean crisp paint line on two tone paint jobs.