This is my best paint job to date and this is about as good as it's going to get for me. This was painted with Rust-Oleum flat white primer and cleared with Tamiya clear pearl. I've tried all the different flavors of craft acrylic paints, Testors enamel, Tamiya Acrylics & lacquers through my air brush, and a host of different brands of rattle cans. The one thing I do know for sure that works very well for me every time is the Rust-Oleum 2X gray & white Flat primers. I've come to terms with I'm never going to get that mirror finish paint job and I'm ok with that.