I'm going to say right out, YOU CAN DO IT!!!
I'm not a painter by any means. I've been a machinist, but can tackle many projects and figure things out. You have more skills than me.
I've painted four cars now in the last 15 years. It's a lot of work, but worth it. One was single stage and three were base coat, clear coat. My last was tri coat. Two were painted in my garage and two at work in a small paint booth.
Base, clear is more work, but can be fixed of blunders. The good thing is it may only cost you less than three grand for all materials. Most of mine were under two. My last was closer to three because it was tri coat (white, orange, clear), Lamborghini pearl orange, $400 quart for paint. The others I was buying a gallon of metallic from TCP Global for $120.
I think you can epoxy seal your current paint to seal it and you'll be good. I'm picky (like you), so my work shows it. I can be proud to say I painted it and saved also. You can TOO!
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