Clear coat from a rattle can

SDE · Oct 8, 2020

Is there any difference in the clear coat that you get from a company like Rustoleum and what you are going to get from the auto parts store?
Thank you
SDE

glennster · Oct 9, 2020

yup big difference. here is a chevelle we restored at my shop. tangelo orange in ppg enviro base water borne base with ppg ec550 envirobase clear. the clear runs about 440.00 dollars a gallon.

dr sportster · Oct 9, 2020

Nice !

Stephen Newell · Oct 9, 2020

Like anything else there is a considerable difference in brands. I used an actual urethane clear coating from a paint jobber and found out it wasn't any good. I had a car that wasn't running and an impending hail storm so I covered the car with furniture blankets and then plywood. After the weather was over I uncovered it and the wet blankets lifted the clear coat. The company has since gone out of business. Then some clear coatings are lacquer based which the autobody industry has quit using because lacquer isn't as durable. You just have to do a lot of homework on any product.

DCM · Oct 13, 2020

After all that Glenn do you still buff the clear?

GordoSD · Dec 28, 2020

Don't know about Glen, but ICut and buff the clear. That is a hand wet sand with 2000 wet or dry, then foam pad polish, then wool bonnet swirl remover.

Credysis · Dec 29, 2020

Wow! That's very nice. Great job!

Clear coat from a rattle can

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