I am not sure what you guys , most of you, anyway do with can spraying acrylic. I have 47 years of all kind of product, and in my enterprise of high-end canoe paddles all over the world to top athlete and the acrylic that I use is pure, colorless, and add 1/3 of xylene as a thinner for gun spraying; First just a fume, 15 min. a more glossy look, Half hours a full body coat but lay easy on the gun it's a runner. You can let it dry overnight, than, wet sand 320, 400, 600, and as the beginning a fume and one last glossy coat, You can buff it with a light compound, personally I find it dulls it a bit, the best is to rub it vigorously with ``chamois", soft leather or the palm of your hand, the thing is by creating heat by friction it sort of melt and fills micro area without the need of re-coating. At the end you get a durable UV protection that is no thicker than saran-wrap! :)