I dont care what anyone has to say about orange-peel, reflection, clear coat, whatever. I DO have experience painting cars...and orange peel is better than dryness...you can go back and cut the paint, and buff it to a glass-like finish.
Jamie...I know you keep saying it looks good for $600...let me tell you something; I've seen cars come out of the booth at $2500 for labor that didnt look as good...they all had to be cut and buffed...very rarily will anyone ever see a re-paint that goes from gun to sun without being "finished".
some 1500, 3M cutting compound, finesse-it II and a waffle foam pad, and that paint will look like it rolled out of a Mercedes paint line....
very nice job. I just hope the guy you painted it for decides that even though a price was quoted, you're still allowed to accept tips.
I'd pay double that price for a job that clean, and that thorough.
one word of advice:
start taking pictures of these cars, and get them printed on photo paper, and stored in an album....you've missed your calling. You should be using your truck to haul your painting tools to a body shop that would hire you. Painters make more money that landscapers...they just get exposed to chemicals day in and day out.
whatever happens, dont let people who have seen show car paint jobs second-guess your efforts. I can tell from the pictures how nice that trunk and bumper will look when it's done....plenty of paint is better than not enough....we both know that.