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I would like to paint my 68 a maroon color and I'm trying to avoid metallics because I'll paint a few parts at a time; maybe the bed one weekend, a fender and door the next, etc. I like the vermilion color, paint code 515 and I thought it was a solid paint but I see it listed as vermilion poly. I've had good luck in the past with solid paints but I'm still an amateur and I don't want to attempt any metallics or pearls. Would I be able to paint this color like I described without experiencing tiger stripes or the shade changing from one batch to the next? I painted my 64 a light green (503) in several batches, buying the paint as I needed it, and it all matched really good. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.

Single stage urethane is a great paint to use when panel painting. Go for it!
Orientation doesn't matter, air pressure doesn't matter either.

Like you I painted my truck one piece at a time with a solid color using the base coat clear coat method. No issues. I actually started with the cab interior which is a metallic brown. At first I started with single stage paint and had the kind of results you fear.
Started over with base/clear and got a very uniform coat with the metallic paint. I was impressed how easy it was to fix mistakes with the 2 stage method and was glad I went that way with the solid body paint.

I painted mine a panel at a time but the cab all as a unit. Used a single stage urethane solid color and it turned out really nice. Cannot tell the difference. I'm a novice and decided against a metallic and favoured a solid color because of my inexperience.