[AMC-list] Question on touch-up paint

[Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've been reading a couple books and decided I want to try and do a
better job touching up the scratches on my Rambler. I've decided to
ditch the aerosol paint cans with Mystic Gold Poly (requiring a clear
coat), and try to find some decent looking paint and rent (or buy) a
small sprayer just for touch up work. Well, I won't ditch the spray
cans - they did fine for the rear wheels, so I'll use it on the front
wheels as well. It just doesn't blend at all where I used it on the
body.

With that in mind - if I want to do a single-stage paint, what type of
paint am I looking for? What types do not require clear coats? And
further - what is the dead-easiest to spray for someone with no skills
at all? Do I go for a Poly? Or a lacquer? Or what is available out
there? Is this stuff available at local custom paint shops so I could
get it color-matched, or do I have to go online to look for Mystic
Gold Poly? Do you have to use hardeners and all that stuff (all what
stuff? beats me!), or can you just get paint, pour it in a gun and
spray it? Do I have to do science projects mixing stuff together?

Do I have to use rust converter on small rust spots, or do you only
use that if you can't get down to bare metal? Do I have to use an
etching primer, or a high build primer, or a ? Say, for bare metal -
use etching primer. For scratches that are not down to bare metal -
high build primer?

If you were spritzing small scratches in an overwise decent 45 year
old paint job, how would you do it? I want to preserve as much as I
can of the original paint.
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