Question for ones who do their own paint spraying

[Coupe35]

I would like to spray a metallic paint. My problem is, when I sprayed it before, I always ended up with metallic streaks in the paint. And yes it was mixed good. For those of you who have use metallic paint, is there a method of spraying metallic. I was told by one person that on the last coat, hold the gun far away and shoot a mist coat. That may be a good idea but when I sand and buff, the mist coat buffs away. I will be spraying acrylic lacquer at around 40 pounds. Any advice.