Clear coat question

[SeaVee]

Paint time on my 77 resto. Going Wimbledon White ( original paint code). Should I clear coat it?

 

[phred]

Single stage paint? No reason to unless you are trying to gain more gloss. If it’s base clear it’s part of the process.

 

[Torkman66]

I've seen folks do the white in ss and the body colors in bc/cc. Works pretty good if the whole top is white, dash, and center of grill. Going this way lets you more easily paint grill all body color in bc/cc then tape off later for ss white over middle section.

 

[AC932]

Last paint job I did 2x coats single stage, 2x coats 50/50 single stage/clear mix, 2x coats clear. The final coats of clear give it a real nice gloss and it seemed to sand/buff out easier than single stage (may have been imagining that though). Make sure your paints are compatible