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Old 01-06-2007, 03:02 PM
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I'm about to clear my painted lid and FRCs and I want them to be extremely shiny and durable. Can I put too many coats? How many coats is too much?
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Old 01-06-2007, 03:54 PM
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the more clear you have the more you have a chance of it cracking
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i like to do onelight coat and two heavy coats, maybe 3 if im going to color sand alot.
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Clear can crack? I thought it was the paint itself that cracks???
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Clear can crack? I thought it was the paint itself that cracks???

Clear is paint without color........
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Clear is paint without color........
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I lay three coats if Im going to cut and buff, otherwise its two.
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the more you use the more likely you are to get drips
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more then three it starts to solvent pop also, usually 1 dry coat, second coat somewhat wet, then last coat for finish coat, goal is to get it as wet looking as u can without running it
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With paint, more is not always better especially with the modern urethane paints. All it does it promote slow curing and better chances or chips and paint failure.
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Yes its called a run lol.
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