Technical clearcoat after time question.

How long after painting can I apply the clear coat? It has been about ayear ago that I painted it. Thanks

 

What type of color cote?
If it’s single stage or two stage base cote you’re going to need to sand first and two stage base cote will need to be reapplied. If you’re careful with catalyzed single stage and don’t break through you can just clear cote over solid colors, metallic and perils not so much. Of course you can sand and reclear clear cote.

 

it is summit single stage urethane with the hardener.

 

Why are you putting clear over single stage?

 

Yeah thoroughly scuff before clear

 

Clearcoating single stage will actually result in a deeper shine than bc/cc and definitely deeper than just just single stage

 

And look like crappy plastic modern paint. The exact opposite of what this board is about.

 

Everybody's got an opinion...

 

Read the products tech sheet

 

This isn't a 100 point c1 Corvette restoration forum.......done correctly no one will notice it's clearcoated. And a clearcoated paint job is lower maintenance and easier to repair.

 

It does shine very well, just wondering around aimlessly

 

Is your single stage metallic? If so, sanding it will ruin the metallic pattern, so dont do it. If it is not metallic and it is single stage, you should be fine with a scuff and clear on it. Be sure that your sanding grit is fine enough that the scratches will hide with clear. I have sanded gloss black in 600 and cleared it after 1 week and it was fine.