Clear Coat on High Gloss Paint?

[Tigerd]

I'm working on my first paint job. I have a question I couldn't find the answer to in the threads on painting. If I use Rust-Oleum high gloss auto paint over a dupli-color primer, do I use a clear coat or should I use a paint that is not a high gloss paint. Paint, primer and clear coat are all spray can. Thanks!

[hardlydangerous]

you can clear the gloss undercoat. I highly recommend you wet sand it with 800 before you clear though
the clear will be a nice protection layer, and give you something better to work with when polishing it to a mirror shine

[Tigerd]

you can clear the gloss undercoat. I highly recommend you wet sand it with 800 before you clear though
the clear will be a nice protection layer, and give you something better to work with when polishing it to a mirror shine

Thank you! I will go the wet sand route before putting the clear on.

[ctandc]

Make sure your primer, paint and clear coat are compatible. I've seen paint lift off like it was slick because of reactions between non-compatible stuff...

Good luck.

[chris216]

Yes you will have to run a clearcoat. If your useing the rust-olium enamel it will chalk up over time if you don't. Rust-olium also makes a high gloss enamel clearcoat that dries to a nice shine. Also be aware of re-coat window times between the base and clearcoat. If you wait too long the clear may have a bad reaction to the base. I useually spray the base let it tack up a bit then throw the clear in about an hour so the two coats melt together. Read the cans though to be sure that will work though

[Tigerd]

I had already put the dupli-color primer on. To be safe, I'll pick up some dupli-color black then put the clear to it (dupli color also). I planned on putting on anywhere from 3-4 coats of clear to give me something to wet sand/buff in order to get any "orange peel" out of it.