[thenrie]

Well, all that is good info, with which I'm not totally unfamiliar, however, I'm still hoping somebody can tell me whether the CC paint, the stuff we buy canned from IH, is an enamel, alkalyd enamel, or something else. There is absolutely nothing on the cans. Apparently it doesn't require any hardener, and others have said they used mineral spirits to thin it, but they didn't say how things turned out.

The label only indicates a health warning that it contains xylene. I don't have any xylene, but as I recall, xylene is an enamel reducer, so I'll try mineral spirits and see if that works before I try anything else.

It will be my first try on an HVLP gun (and a cheap one at that), so we'll see how things go and I'll report back.