
If you’re at the crossroads on whether to apply a clear coat on your car or not, analyzing these key benefits of a clear coat will help you make a wiser decision.

A day later, the base paint is often cured and clear coat can’t penetrate inside it. Clear Coat can increase the durability of your enamel paint for a long time. And, the ideal duration for you to spray the clear coat over base paint is after 30 minutes. Clear Coat can protect any sort of enamel paint from abrasions, UV rays and from the weather. Clear coat needs a hardener for it to cure faster. It is so hard that it will take you hours to sand it off. This will help ensure the clear coat’s quality and durability. Clear coat becomes very hard after 24 hours. A 2.1 lb/gal (250 g/l) VOC compliant, urethane clearcoat designed for spot and panel repairs. VOC lbs./gal.: Please refer to VOC Compliance Charts. Let it sit untouched to let the paint set and cure properly. Nason® SelectClear 462-00 2K Urethane Spot Clear. Step 6: Wait 1 hour for the layers to totally dry.Īvoid touching the clear coat while you’re waiting for it to dry. You can add more than 1-2 layers depending on your taste and preference. Apply the paint carefully and slowly to avoid any imperfections and drips. For this layer, you can make it a bit thicker because it has more time to dry out fully. Once the first layer has dried, spray the second layer of paint. Step 5: Apply a second coat of paint to the entire car surface. It is highly concentrated and gets its name from the brightly colored candies it resembles. Waiting for the paint to dry prevents heavy orange peel texture, a color mismatch, and a loss of gloss. Then coat it with your pearl intercoat followed by a solid 2-3 coats of clear. Hot days allow the paint to dry faster and vice versa. If you run your intercoat, you’ll just have to respray your base coat. With thin clear coat layers of paint, the drying period is fairly short between applications. Go to the link I posted, put your cursor over the Product Info tab, then Paint Lines, then OMNI. I've found it to be pretty good, not real fond of the single stage. Not a big factor unles you're doing late model repairs. Step 4: Wait for the paint to dry for at least 10 minutes. Less expensive, but doesn't have the color match of DBC or DBU. If the paint is simply too thick, you are bound to have problems like a foggy, filminess, hazy effect.
