[Healeys] Paint question

[Alan Seigrist]

Putting clear coat gives any paint job "depth" and when you see super
shiny show cars, its because of clear coat.  If you want a more
original, normal finish, no clear coat.  If you want people to go
"wow", then clear coat.  Your car won't look original with a clear
coat.

On 2/3/09, Dan Stromquist <dan at warner-associates.com> wrote:
> My paint shop used polyurethane without a clear coat finish and it came out
> with a perfect finish-as good as the surface on any new car today I would
> say.  I cannot understand for the life of me, after looking at the finish on
> my car, why you would need the clear coat.
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Mark LaPierre
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:50 AM
> To: healeys at Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: [Healeys] Paint question
>
> What is the consensus of painting over polyurethane with base coat clear
> coat
> ,  after
> some initial sanding and panel leveling.
>
> My painter wants to spray all body panels( inside and out) off the car with
> polyurethane. Then sand down the exterior sides of the panels ( after they
> are
> installed on the car), do the panel leveling(putty work)  and then shoot
> them
> with base/clear coat after they are all smooth and level.
>
> He feels that the poly will give them good sight at the panel leveling that
> needs to be done.
>
> I am just a bit leery of putting the base/clear over the poly.  But then, I
> am
> not a painter.
>
> Never used this guy before and just want to make the right paint job call.
>
> Thanks for any comments,  Mark
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