The paint job turned out nice for what I was aiming for. It's one of those 20/40 jobs....looks good 20 feet away while driving by at 40.
Actually, it's much better than that. It IS a Tremclad job. The old paint was severely oxidized to the point that I bought it without any shine at all, the roof was flaking, and polishing and waxing didn't make anything shine. If I have to think of all the small rocks and pebbles and such that have hit the hood over the past 25 years, I could have sanded,primed,sanded,primed,sanded,primed,sanded,primed,sanded,primed for the next month or so to bring it back to a showroom finish. But this was always meant to be just cheap DIY paintjob that would make it look better than it currently was. Somethings turned out great, somethings not. Some of the trim is wonderful, there's also some paint touch ups that need to be done.
However, it's not "flaky white gold" anymore, and the large letter "F" that some kid scratched into the roof in my school parking lot is now gone. I drive this thing to work every day, and when your car is going to get keyed, scratched by backpacks walking between the cars, etc.....getting it professionally painted just wasn't worth it.
As for waxing, the paint dries extremely hard, and waxing doesn't seem to have been a problem for others who have done this job.
As for the wife waxing, she actually WANTED to do it, so that the car would be finished sooner. IN FACT, she painted and sanded the passenger side while I worked on the driver's side. The only thing she didn't do was take off the trim and such, and help put it back together.
Yup, she's a keeper.
Bumpers still need to go on, and Bundts need to be repainted. Other than that and some touch ups, she's good to go.