1. Nope, I'm not an expert. I changed my status to learning because that's exactly what I come here for. Most of the time I'm just sitting back, reading posts of those who know what they are doing, and learning. Often times you learn more when you speak less. This is also why I said I'm not sure how it could be sold as a powder, or from my understanding, etc etc. It's my way of saying "Hey, if anyone knows otherwise, chime in". It has nothing to do with being "accepted" here, either. Not sure why you are jumping to all of these conclusions. It only makes sense that when you come on a forum based on a companies products, you take the advice of the people who use them, or those who are obviously experts from their own examples.
2. Since you decided to make this personal, I'd like to ask you if you consider yourself an expert? You seem to give advice almost nonstop, not always the best. I recently had a thread where I was trying to learn why my air pressure is changing at my gun. You said "try putting the regulator on the wall and run the hose straight to the gun to see if it changes. They all recommend that wall regulator over the gun." despite the fact that I had put in an earlier post that I had previously had a wall regulator, and your statement of "they all recommend wall regulator over the gun" is a blanket statement that isn't true, as many users here including PROVEN experts like Shine and Barry both regulate at the gun, not at the wall. That was just recently, I'm sure if I spent any time at all looking I could find multiple times of bad advice or instances where you start bringing up mil-spec coatings when people are talking about automotive coatings.
3. You did not say anything about kandy concentrates from HOK. Go ahead and hit control+f, type HOK. Also, I said HOK as a reference, as most other reputable companies also have dyes. Not sure why you seem to be out to slander HOK.
4. As to "cheaping out" on a product, it's pretty simple. Most people are not going to risk covering hundreds of hours of labor in a product that is not well proven, or commonly used. It just doesn't make sense. If I remember correctly, you had some similar issues when you first came here with a Camaro, multiple layers of poor product that you wanted to try to seal with epoxy and keep working over top of. Your less proven Custom Shop clear sent you an improperly labeled quart of hardener that was clear, according to you, not a problem that I've ever heard of with SPI or other commonly used brands. Was it worth saving the money to have to go back and re-do your work? Also, where in the heck are you claiming this $500 paint job? The cost of base and clear alone will exceed that. Assuming you use a gallon of epoxy, gallon of base, and gallon of clear, with no sandpaper, 2k, filler, etc, you will be at or over that cost. Quality companies stand behind there products, you are paying for the service as well as the product. The original poster could have an unlimited budget for all you know. Don't assume cost is an issue until it is stated.
5. Lastly, you did not explain why the product you linked is listed as a pearl and a kandy. Kandy paint is translucent and generally sprayed over a metallic base, pearls are a pigment that is generally used over a base. Why would they be combining 2 products into one?
If you would like to answer my questions with facts, proof, etc that'd be great. I'm open to learning, but I'm not going to change my mind because you start flipping out. You are going to need a hint of proof or examples. If you want to just keep trying to insult me by saying I'm just trying to be accepted and such, you might as well save your typing because this thread will just get locked and it'll be a step closer to both of us being banned.