just painted my car this winter with a acrlic enamel ,and am getting ready to shoot the nose and rear plastic parts again ,(the first time they cracked)then i heard of some kind of clear that you put on before you aply paint .the qustion is can i shoot clear over the top or do i need to skuff before apling clear ? was planing to all the parts back on the car then shooting the car all at once.

 

I'm going to say your probably going to want to scuff before you clear.

The clear needs something to "bite" onto.

 

why are you putting clear over enamel?

 

i heard that it gives you a better shine !

 

If it's done right....you can make enamel shine just as good as clear. I painted my car with enamel...and it outshines alot of clear jobs I've seen. If I had to go back.....I would use 2 stage...but I was only 19 when I painted my car and didn't know much. Plus..it was pretty cheap.

I'm not saying my car has the best enamel paint job....but alot of guys find it hard to believe it's a single stage paint...

 

Did you paint that yourself ?

 

if you have crack in the paint you have to take it all back off or the cracks will just come right back, proper application and buffing will make it shine.

in 2k paint we add flex aditive sometimes, the newer best paint dont need it so maybe yours does ask at your supplier if they have a flex additive for the plastic parts.

 

you can clear over enamel

I just had my hood peel up like a banana

I got mad at it and took a 10lb slege to it

none of the paint popped off

what to know why

enamel sticks to stuff better than base

if you painted your bumpers with base and no flex agent your paint would pop off

sand the cracks out in the bumper and most of the enamel

then recoat with enamel and flex agent

the only way I would know is I have to do the same thing