i wanted to know if you can put clear coat on a single stage automotive paint, my car was recently painted and not as shiny as i would like put overall not a bad paint job, i was wondering if claer coat can be applied to it and what has to be done to do this. Do i sand the single stage with 1500 grit and re clear it or can i just clear the surface of the single stage and apply the clear to it. all help is appreciated.

 

My car is like that too. I'm sanding down the entire base coat. Then seal it, base it, and clear coat it.
Well you need to sand down the paint if youre going to clearcoat it, so why not just remove the shingle stage paint entirely?
Seal it, base it, and clear it is the way car paint jobs are suppose to be done.

 

have you thought about wet sanding it first?

 

single stage has the clear in it and +1 on wet sanding and buffing

 

well yea it has been sanded with 1500 grit and buffed out with 3m finesse(glaze), but it still doesnt have that deep look. the paint job is less than a month old and i dont want to resand it all down and do a base/clear on it. id much rather try to apply clear if at all possible. i have the clear already but dont want to mess up the paint job on it now.

 

were did you get it painted? and why did they use single stage?

 

Why would buffing do anything to the luster of the paint?
The paint has reached its maximum shininess, buffing it out wont do anything at all besides removing the surface of the paint.
Take a cloth, rub it really hard, look at the cloth, and the paint will end up on the cloth.
You want to sand it to fill up any scratches or rock chips if you want to clearcoat it. Removing dirt and scraches is what you should really worry about before you clearcoat it. Dont want a scratch or dirt spot under the clearcoat that you can never repair.

 

giv eit time because the pait probably isnt completly cured yet. at least 90 days for the paint to be completly cured.

after 90 days you could have it detailed by a professional and they could probably eith polishing and claybar and wax make it shine liek crazy.

 

Its shingle stage paint, it will shine like mirror for only a few months. After that, it will start to fade.