I don't think parts stores carry paint books, but I vaguely remember seeing a Haynes manual on paint & body... could be wrong, though.

As for the open air curing, I used rolling heat lamps on my Beetle. I'm not sure if you can simply let the paint dry. I'm sure you will need to bake it. Now, back to Extreme LX laugh !

1998 Contour Sport V6, Black
*Cold air induction
*Powdercoated intake manifold (more powdercoating coming soon)
*Blue headlights, foggies, and signals (no reflectors)
*CEG stickers & removed door moldings
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1994 Ford Aspire 4-door, looks like a big egg
*64 hp 4-cyl
*5 speed
*"13 steel rims with go-cart tires
*74 mph top speed
*I'm going to auto-x the thing (but not compete)