So I got word that my rear bumper might actually be getting produced soon

....now i'm back on thinking about how to paint it.

The clear coat is what brings out the gloss/smoothness in the paint finish correct? I'm back to thinking about getting the duplicolor perfect-match spray and not clear coating it; so it'll be a matte finish of my existing paint color code; kind of like how people get line-x their fenders/bumpers and mix in the matching paint colors- it's the same color, just not shiny.

Plan would be:
1) add swirl marks to metal surface with steel wool
2) clean with grease-remover that doesn't leave residue
3) self etching primer
4) Duplicolor stone white (my paint color) spray

Total cost would be ~$60 (and that's ordering a case of 6 8oz cans of the duplicolor)