Paint basics

[Telegram Sam]

Can you clue me up on airless and electric pumped and any other sprayers? Is one or the other suitable for occasional amateur DIY small scale use as opposed to what the professional pundits use? I suspect that easy cleaning down after use would be a consideration particularly with stuff as gungy as Raptor.

[Telegram Sam]

Should one rub down (very fine W & D) or T-Cut the slightly matt surface that you get after priming and applying aerosol paint, before coating with a lacquer?

[Telegram Sam]

This is what the blurb says about UPOL Raptor.

U-POL’s RAPTOR Truck Bed Liner is a durable 2K polyurethane coating that provides surfaces with a protective barrier.

The good news is that, having spoken to U-Pol, I now have a DIY aerosol by the name of U-Pol Gravi Gard which is an overpaintable stone chip protector which doesn't need faffing around with air sprayers in sheds and the like. Sounded like this is the 1 K equivalent of RAPTOR.