I normally try to stay away from paints that aren't catalyzed if I can help it. I've used VHT and other brands of epoxy aerosol cans. The stuff from Home Depot/lowes seems to be ok but not as tough as a 2k paint. Even after full cure the 1k aerosol epoxy is easily scratched and chipped. 1k paint is bad with chemical (FUEL) resistance and will be softened or totally broken down when it comes in contact with chemicals.
This stuff:
http://www.66autocolor.com/SprayMax_2K_Aerosol_Auto_Paint_p/spm-mix2k.htm seems to work really well. It's an aerosol you buy and have mixed in any color code you like. Great for spraying small parts to match your existing ski, when doing graphics in your paintjob for colors you may not need large quantities of, touchups, etc. The paint is a urethane paint so very durable and sticks well. They sell an epoxy primer and surfacing primer as well. The can is patented and actually sprays more like a spray gun than typical aerosol cans. The biggest drawback to using this paint is also it's biggest benefit. It's catalyzed. If you are going to do small jobs with it, you would want to maybe wait until you have enough stuff needing paint to use the whole can. Once you mix the catalyst into the paint it has a shelf life of a couple days. I've found that after several hours the spray quality starts to diminish a bit. So if you are using it, go ahead and use it all. The cans are a bit spendy at around $22 per can. You can specify a single stage (no clear needed for gloss) 2k urethane or a base-clear urethane when ordering. 2k urethane makes for great coatings on engines, carbs, or anything else. Don't forget the 2k epoxy primer for better bond.
If you will do lots of small jobs maybe this is a better option for you:
http://autobodystore.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=P2 It's a aerosol sprayer with a jar for your own paint attached. This way you can buy a good 2k paint from the auto body supplier around town along with reducer and catalyst and mix small batches as needed.
it's nice being able to do small jobs without having a compressor, water drier/seperator, good gun, etc. Even if you have a compressor and guns it's nice avoiding much of the cleanup for smaller jobs. On small jobs the cost as $22 per can should be less than buying the supplies needed to use your compressor with 2k paints. On larger jobs it would definitely be a bit more costly than breaking out the spray gun. It does give people more options when doing an at-home paint job though since there is no compressor and gun required. The last ski I painted took about $200 in materials and it would probably take 4-5 cans of color to paint plus epoxy primer and surfacing primer. It should be possible to paint a ski for around $200 using these cans so maybe it's not terribly bad.
