Has anyone used this over Duplicolor Perfect Match paint?
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Yes. No problem. Paint shops might say the urethane clear might not lay properly over acrylic lacquer but it does. Just give your Duplicolor several days to cure to be sure.
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No, I haven't. I did use it to remove latex paint from a metal doorsill! It worked great.
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I emailed Meguires about a paint job on my older Ford Explorer. Seems that the body shop used a cheap clear coat over the base coat and began to haze prematurely. I suspected the clear coat was sprayed on too thin. I live in the southwest and auto paint is subject to harsh summer heat. I asked the shop to spray four clear coats but I'm sure they didn't and used some cheap stuff because paint failure happens after a couple of years but anyway, The customer care guys at Meguires suggested I use this product with a grey foam pad( I used a yellow) and my car looked like new after I finished it. The oxidized paint came right off. I also put the synthetic sealer soon afterwards and even left that on overnight to bind with the paint. You really dont need to polish your car often if you wash it by hand using a microfiber wash cloth and Meguires car wash then spray on the synthetic detailer (while car is still wet) dry off with a dry microfiber cloth. The polish is only to SLICK UP THE FINISH. Sometimes the birds get to my car and I polish that off after the hand wash but once the suface is slick and sealed, evrything will wash right off. You are right though, you go polish off some of the paint when you do this so go easy, low RPM on your rotary polisher,light pressure and remember to seal it up ! this stuff really worked well for me, I used a Dewalt rotary polisher that I purchased here on Amazon for about $150.00 a year ago. The rotary polisher is a little more difficult to use than the orbital(much lower oscillations per second) and you might want to consider that first. I have seen those at Harbour Freight Sales for about $25.00. I hope that helps !
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No I haven't, but so far everything I've tried it on it stays nicely and makes an great accentor color.
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I've never had any problem with it when it comes in contact with moldings via overspray. When I get done washing my car I use this product on the painted surfaces. Then I dress my tires with a gel. I use Armor-All tire gel. I then use the gel on all of my plastic moldings(side-view mirrors, under-paint trim areas, window moldings etc.) and it works and looks great. Keeps the plastic looking new. Just use a good, strong cloth to apply it with. I'm sure any gel would do. Gels work better than sprays for plastic surfaces in my opinion.
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All I could think youd need is the dupli color prep spray or something similar and some primer incase you have bare metal spots where paint has chipped off. Goes on super black after a month or so it fades slightly not too much though
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I did. But i found out that if you add too much at once it will drip and take the tint with it. Very light coats.
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i have had great success with this clear coat. i used it over a krylon color-coat that i sprayed on top of the eastwood epoxy primer as well. it turned out gorgeous, and if you sand your color coat well before applying this clear, and do it properly, you'll get near glass-smooth results. i didnt even wetsand the clear on mine, i just left it, and it looks like a factory paint job. just be sure to give it proper cure times, and not to mention, the final cure takes much less time than a krylon or rusto clear. 1 can was perfect for a nice top coat on a bicycle frame.
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I have sprayed Duracoat with this and it worked perfect. I have not done a side by side comparison.
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I bought a new Ford Supercab pickup in 2002. Shortly after that I bought a bottle of Klasse Sealant, and Klasse AIO. My Ford still gets compliments on the paint. I have tried to apply this every spring, and fall for the last 13 years. There were a few years, I only applied it in the Fall. I just finished my fall application, and may have enough for next spring's application. The Klasse AIO went a bit faster, I have used about a 1/4 of my 2nd bottle. I usually apply 1-2 coats of AIO. and 1-5 coats of the Sealant. You will learn to use less, and less of the Sealant as you gain experience with it. Seems to be expensive when you 1st buy it, but it is less than the cheap stuff, if you use it correctly. I bought a new Ford Supercab pickup in 2002. Shortly after that I bought a bottle of Klasse Sealant, and Klasse AIO. My Ford still gets compliments on the paint. I have tried to apply this every spring, and fall for the last 13 years. There were a few years, I only applied it in the Fall. I just finished my fall application, and may have enough for next spring's application. The Klasse AIO went a bit faster, I have used about a 1/4 of my 2nd bottle. I usually apply 1-2 coats of AIO. and 1-5 coats of the Sealant. You will learn to use less, and less of the Sealant as you gain experience with... » Read More I bought a new Ford Supercab pickup in 2002. Shortly after that I bought a bottle of Klasse Sealant, and Klasse AIO. My Ford still gets compliments on the paint. I have tried to apply this every spring, and fall for the last 13 years. There were a few years, I only applied it in the Fall. I just finished my fall application, and may have enough for next spring's application. The Klasse AIO went a bit faster, I have used about a 1/4 of my 2nd bottle. I usually apply 1-2 coats of AIO. and 1-5 coats of the Sealant. You will learn to use less, and less of the Sealant as you gain experience with it. Seems to be expensive when you 1st buy it, but it is less than the cheap stuff, if you use it correctly. « Show Less
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I called my local automotive paint store and gave them the paint code off my jeep. My experience was it took about twice the paint to get a darker color, but it does get even darker as it cures, which took mine over a month.
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It's all I've used for the last 8 years on 4 different colors of paint and love it. I have a dark blue Silverado I use it on now and it works great. It comes off easy too. I usually use it with a coat of Klasse polish. They work awesome together.
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I tried it on my sun visors which are a similar material to carpet, but not exactly. While the rustolium is supposed to work, i found that the duplicolor fabric and vinyl worked much better on the visors because it was a bit thinner and absorbed better in the fabric. With the duplicolor The fabric is still more or less the same texture afterward. The rustoleum however gooped up on the fabric because it was thicker and did not penetrate it and looked bad and was not the same texture but now a hard feeling with globs here and there. I ended up deciding on a lighter color grey so went to junk yard to get another set of sun visors and I painted them only with the duplicolor. They cam out the best. So I suggest the duplicolor for all cloth fabrics and rugs and the rustoleum for vinyl and plastic only.
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The first time I bought these, it was to use on rough dark brown cover stock. I experimented a little bit because one layer right out of the packaging wasn't quite bright enough. It'll work very well if you shake (mix) it very vigorously before hand to distribute the paint in the solvent and get the paint flowing and check the opacity on a scrap piece beforehand. At that point, one layer should have like 75-80% opacity, which is okay. If you want it to be 100%, let the first layer dry completely before going over it again delicately. If you push down too hard on the second pass it'll dig into the first layer and the solvent will redissolve it a little bit and gunk it up. If you want the absolute best results, and ANY results with several colors, especially dark colors over light colors, you'll need to fix each layer between coats with some sort of clear-coat. I use Rustoleum Crystal Clear Enamel... I've also used Painter's Touch Satin Clear when I didn't want too much gloss. Use a medium clear-coat for each overlap and it'll both darken the background and make the colors pop more. Good luck.
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Yep, my experience was that the local paint supply guys were familiar with the product, and knew how to add tint. I went dark, and it took a full quart to tint 4bottles of liner. I sprayed my jeep 6 months ago and it's awesome!!!!!
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Yes, this is the stuff you want to use. I used it on my garage and put it over my rustoleum epoxy shield gray color. I did it almost a year ago and it looks just as shiny as the day I did it. Make sure to use the grit (aluminum oxide) it comes with to mix into the clear coat in the bucket or the floor will be extremely slippery if ever gets even slightly wet. You have to do it within 30 hours (I think) of laying down the primary color or you have to scuff the entire floor for it adhere properly. The instructions will clearly state this. This stuff is extremely durable. I have rolled heavy floor jacks over it and put jack stands on it and it doesn't even get scratched. Any liquids (even harsh ones) just wipe up with a per towel. If you use one can go very heavy on the application or buy two and do two coats over two days. I did one garage with one heavy coat and one garage with two medium coats and the two coats look better than the heavy coat but it also took two cans. You have to have someone with a strong flashlight (wife?) following you and shining it at a very low angle to make sure you overlap edges and don't miss anything.
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Yes......It is amazing!!!!!! I love the coating....It shines so flawless....a thick coating with depth..... awesome!!!!! Make sure you mix it with a stick by hand.....not a paint mixer.....too many air bubbles......be sure to buy a Wagner heat gun.....pour it on the surface.....spread it with a plastic drywall knife......then use the heat gun to go over the surface.....air bubbles dissapear......it leaves a remarkable surface.....I am super happy with it