🛒 Nine things. Four from Dharma or Amazon, five from Amazon. About $470 before the test, $580 if all 8 quarts.

Order the paint and sprayer today for the Sunday Oct 4 test. Everything else arrives with them.

🎨 The colour

1. Jacquard Dye-Na-Flow, 829 Black, 32 oz quart. Buy 2 now (one for the test, one spare), 6 more only if the test passes. The guide budgets 8.
Amazon, 829 Black 32 oz Dharma, $35.25 Check the Amazon listing says "829 Black, 32 oz" before adding; the 2.25 oz jar shares the name.
2. Jacquard AirFix, 8 oz. One bottle. Makes it cure without an iron.
Dharma, 8 oz $31.49 Amazon, 2 oz (enough for the test only)

3. Wagner Control Spray Max HVLP sprayer. About $151. Built for thin coatings, turbine on the floor, 20 ft hose, flow knob ships at minimum. The FLEXiO 4000 ($240) is the pick if you want a FLEXiO; the 590 is discontinued. Why, with every model compared.
Amazon, Control Spray Max Amazon, FLEXiO 4000
4. Chapin 16100 1 gallon pump sprayer, adjustable cone nozzle. About $15. The backup and the test-strip tool; set the nozzle to finest mist.
Amazon, Chapin 16100

5. Paint strainer cones, 190 micron, 50 pack. Strain every cup so the nozzle never clogs.
Amazon, TCP Global 190 micron
6. Half-face respirator with P100 filters. 3M 6502QL. Mist in a closed room needs a real mask, not a paper one.
Amazon, 3M 6502QL + P100 cartridges
7. Pre-folded masking film, 72 in x 59 ft, 3 pack. Drape the bar, piano, track, floor edge.
Amazon, Dura-Gold masking film
8. Blue painter's tape, 1.88 in, and nitrile gloves. Any brand.
Amazon, painter's tape Amazon, nitrile gloves
9. Distilled water, 2 gallons, and a measuring cup with teaspoons. Grocery store or the kitchen.

Per quart of black: 6 to 8 oz water + 6 teaspoons AirFix. Stir, strain, spray within 6 hours. Full recipe and the how-to on the recipe page.