Everyone wants to do a good job but there is a lot to be said for blasting some color on the flats too. I had a cutter, was looking spotty and ended up with a quart left of mixxed paint on another job. I hurried, hot washed the big flats off on it and blew the quart out, at then was looking fort a pint more ha but it looked so good that I never did go back for an overall. If paint saves it from wear then its a consideration but if its color I do shoot flats and dont bother with every crack and corner that cant be seen.
If its a question of service and lifespan then the job gets more critical as does the choice of paint. The farm store stuff is cheap, it goes a long ways, its safer to spray, it lasts a long time in stock. I like to use factory colors for most of it, I stock some common paint from the bargain barn in common colors. John Deere gets JD green, fire engine red is ok for red tractors, Ford blue and some of the gray. Equipment, white, red black with some yellow, get mineral spirits, get some lacquer thinner. Box of scotchbrite, DA sander, some 90 and 150 to start. Pre grind bird **** and splatter even from old work and buy a masking machine, 2 widths of paper.
No one notices perfection but poor tape and overspray stands right out.
