Don't know who told you hammerite has silicone in, it doesn't, it would suffer the same effect as other paintsI am not going to dump it, I am going to learn from it. Practise is always better than nothing, plus I was reasonably happy with the initial results, if I can keep that once it has the clear I will be happy.
This is an old, crashed, crack repaired panel, Ive got a good new one for later.
Now for more practise, will cheap silver alkyd paint do the gun any harm?
I know not to use hammerite as that has silicone.