clearcoat over bare metal?

Gibbs is an oil that will temporarily protect bare metal, not a clear coat.

 

It seems I read an article in either Street Rodder or a similar magazine about a "thin" ultra light coating that an inductive coating type place offered. It wasnt applied to a whole car, just a panel. It may be pricey and hard to find a shop to do it, but it appeared to work.......Ill try and dig out the article.

 

has anyone tried the diamond clear from eastwood?

 

The Diamond Clear is one I have tried. I couldn't get it to spray well. I tried 7 different guns, and I finally had to use a touch up gun to finish. As I was painting in June with about 68-70% humidity could have been the problem. Not sure on that though, as I had been painting the day before, same conditions with HOK's clear and it was perfect.

 

lol!

 

first off this truck is a 67 chevy longbox and not a traditional rod. i just liked the look of the bare metal sanded up from the da. i figured it would look cool with some rainbow flake soaked on it! its kinda sounding like this wont be a good idea for me as i am a muffler man not a paint guy! anyone wanna trade some work? lol! o yeah i got the memo about all the kool kids... and it ended up in the round file!

 

W-D 40 and scotch-brite. you can use a clear coat but it wont keep rust out forever

 

i ve done it but its expensive alsa corp makes a clear for polishes wheels but its 750 a gallon i used metal flake and it took two! it hurt

 

I wonder how regular clear on bare metal would hold out here in so cal... instead of the rust belts some of you guys live in ?? Same problem would happen you think ??

 

dupount use to sell clear prime and seal ..dont know if they still do or not its a epoxy ..regular clear will start to rust and peel ive tryed it on some art ..that was inside the shop and it still rusted ..out in the weather im sure it will rust faster ..

 

anyone find anything yet? i have a lot of aluminum parts i've made so i want to clear the ones that aren't flat black

 

ppg ...dau75 with dxr80 is clear for alum. if its polished you will need a adhesion promoter and i find alum needs to be warmed up before spraying.not sure about bare metal but dont see why not

 

If you like bare metal look, just sand and oil daily. If not that, paint it silver.