Hit 1000 hours of paint work last month and realized something about my technique

I kept track of my painting hours for the last 2 years and hit 1000 last month. What surprised me was how much faster I got at blending metallics after about 600 hours. Before that I was always fighting tiger stripes and having to reshoot panels. Now I can lay down a silver or champagne basecoat in one go maybe 80 percent of the time. Has anyone else noticed a big jump in skill after a certain number of hours or reps?

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julia_hayes5d ago

Wait, wait wait wait. 80 percent in one go on metallics? That's actually insane to me because I still fight with tiger stripes on silver and I've been spraying for like 4 or 5 years. I'd kill to get that kind of consistency, I'm still mixing up my reducer ratio every time I open a new gallon.

oscarmurray5d ago

80 percent in one go" is wild, honestly that reducer consistency thing was my breakthrough too.