With water. In the age of the original absinthe fever, the drink was always diluted with water and sweetened with sugar before consumption. First, a cube of sugar was placed on a perforated spoon resting on the top of a glass of neat absinthe.
I had a minivan with paint on the hood and roof gone. The Maaco guys quoted ~$500 for their basic probably crappy paint on the whole car. I asked how much for the hood, he said $800 because he would have to match the paint and then apply clearcoat.
There's no way you will get a decent paint job on a car when you are changing the colour for under $1000. It'll look like crap and, when the next prospective buyer opens the bonnets and the like, will assume it is of dodgy origin.