Ok, here is where the majority of the problem is at.
Your first words to a reply were that you "are a paint expert". For starters, those are mighty big shoes to fill. Now, I dont know you, or your skills, but what I can tell you is that there are very few people that I would call and expert at something.
An expert is somebody that does not learn anything more on said subject, they are the best at what they do. I would say that less than .01% of people in the paint industry as a whole are paint experts, and very few of them work in shops. Like I said, I dont know you, maybe you are, but usually the people who self proclaim that they are "the man" usually are not. But then again, I could be completely wrong. It wouldnt be the first time, LOL.
As far as some of the other things we are going back and forth on. You have your opinion, I have mine.