help and options highly needed on single stage

my cars are looking really shabby and recently i had a child on 1/11/13 so money is tight and questions need awnsers.....

i am really wanting to try my paint skills on the aspen first to warm up for the valiant as more is needed there is bondo from previous owners not much but it should have been sanded better before they painted it it has some lumps that are on seemingly easy flat spots to go off reference.

that said my skills are mediocre to novice allot of interior with rattle can and sem but not much gun work, the aspen is in really poor looking shape paint wise the chrome is immaculate and interior looks decent paint is now faded to a pink and I'm sick of it.i think i want to start by painting the hood hot rod black single stage how much would it take to paint the hood with 2 maybe three coats after a heavy coat of primer either rattle can or red oxide through the gun and sanded between,

hows this sound am i missing anything and what brands would be best?

is duplicolor paint shop worth it its only 20bucks a quart is that enough for the hood? i just want it to look better final out come bad or orange peeled would it buff out?

more questions to come sorry for bad typing grammar.


TURNS OUT DUPLICOLOR IS BC/CC ASWELL PAINT GUY LET ME KNOW THATS HOW NEW TO PAINT I AM LOL .