Looking forward to your progress report Mkane.
I had a great discussion yesterday with a cabinet painting contractor. He said the brush marks I was struggling with are from moving too fast. He suggested I dilute the Knisser about 5-10% (as was suggested here also), and take more time with applying it.
He also strongly suggested that due to the fact that I don't have a spray gun, and that I am no way spending the $ to get one, plus a compressor, that I use a quality brush and just paint. He felt I will get a better result than using aerosols, if I'm patient, if I do a good job sealing and sanding, and use a quality paint. He recommended Advance from Benjamin Moore. Problem is, like so many other things these days, is that it's hard to get. Something about a resin that is used.
Well, I ordered some. Midnight Blue as a base color. Kind of grey, but the paint store guys can blue it up. Should be in store by the 20th. I think this is a good path for me. I really don't have a good space for spray painting anyway. My garage is my recording studio, so that leaves doing it outside where the wind, dust, insects, etc. could be a factor. This will be much more controllable.
Now all I need is my speaker cabs. Not sure what's taking so long for those to ship, but it's so muggy here now that I wouldn't attempt to start the process anyway.
Again, thanks for all your input. This is a cool place.
Roger