I actually used the same paint I used to paint our front door. It is acrylic (like the undercoat). Apparently acrylic is easier to sand between coats.
I used a smooth roller as recommended by another arcade builder. I was expecting a perfect finish - but it really was a pain to get it right. Painting on white was a pain also...
As I moved down with the roller the previous application was already going dry. Re-applyiong over a slightly dryer coat made it look bad. I did not know what to do about that really.
I applied two coats and thought it looked great (this was late at night) - so went on to start fitting stuff. Then I saw it in the day light and it was a different story. I had to add another coat. In fact one side got 4 or 5 coats as I could not get it right.
If I was to do this again I would paint in day light with a sponge brush. A sponge does not give you the brush strokes and seems to give a better finish than a roller (for gloss anyway).
Here it is after two coats:
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