2k Aerosol Spray | Clear Coat Automotive Paint Aerosol Spray with Long-lasting and Durable Finish 11.8 Oz Can | Clear Coat| 1 Pack

Just finished touching up some small scratches on my car with this 2K clearcoat. I was quoted $700 at the dealership for a deep scratch about 2" long! For about $70 total, I repaired and painted the scratch as well as the lower portion of my front bumper, that had been kerbed at one time and was a mess. This sprays on really well with a nice even fan, oriented vertically or horizontally by rotating the nozzle. It hardens within 30 mins or so to a high gloss shine. There's some orange peel effect, but no doubt that will mostly buff out with the final step of 1600 => 2000 grit wet sanding and cutting in with polishing compound. The original OEM paint has similar, but less pronounced, orange peel. The clearcoat has no color so if your base coat color matches, it still will after clear-coating with this product. I tried another 1K clearcoat on my first repair attempt and it turned my beautiful white paint yellow! Thankfully a rag and some lacquer thinner wiped it all away for another attempt. I wasn't sure if this 2-pack would be compatible with a lacquer-based (1K) base coat, but I did a test spray on an old sheet of steel and while there was some crinkling where I'd deliberately applied a really thick coat of base, the rest of the normal thickness paint wasn't affected. On the car itself, it worked great. Hopefully there's no long term issue with this - time will tell! I'll surely buy this clearcoat again next time I want an OEM finish paint job that's resistant to solvents. It seems expensive compared with other 1K clear coats, but not for its functionality, clarity and durability. Please beware: You've really got to wear a respirator when spraying this product. The fumes are toxic. I used "3M 07193 Paint Spray Resp. Large" from Amazon. Update: This morning, after an overnight wait at unheated garage temps,(approx 14 hours since application), I finished cutting back the clear coat. I found the 1500 grit too aggressive. 2000 grit worked just fine to remove any orange peel and blend in to the original clear coat. The clearcoat was still "soft" enough to not need anything coarser that 2000 grit. It will continue to cure over the next few days/weeks. Machine and hand buffing resulted in a near perfect gloss finish. See my uploaded photo of the finished job. VERY pleased with this product and will use again! Update: Sept 2015. Looks just as good as when I applied it after 1.5 years and hot TX sun. Very happy!

Excellent hard coat. Warning: the first time I used it I was wearing a premium mask and sprayed in my garage with the door open. I got very ill. The next time I used it for a project I was outside standing upwind wearing the premium mask and still got a little ill. The catalyst doesn't begin to cure in the can for about 30 hours. So, you can apply a 2nd coat 24 hours later if you had to. Best to recoat 3 hours between coats.

Great spray for a good price. Used it on my old Ford and looks like new with a couple coats

Worked very well, nice high gloss. Tried Dupli-Color first and that did not give a gloss finish.

Good seller and good product.

Very good coverage

Works as expected. Application was easy. Don’t know about how well it will do over time though. Follow instructions exactly or you may not have as good of a result

Overall this seems like the best finisher for restoring oxidized headlights. I have tried many products in the past including the Meguiars kit, Sylvania kit, Turtle Wax headlight restorer, and just wetsanding with 600, 1000, then 2000 or 2500 grit sandpapers and then clearing with 2 coats of some clear lacquer spray paint bought from Oreilly's. For this application (picture 1), I wetsanded with 600 until the color of the sanded plastic particles changed from yellow to white, and then used 1000 grit for 11 minutes and 2000 grit for 8 minutes (per headlight). After wiping with rubbing alcohol, I layed a medium coat of this spray paint (picture 2). I followed the directions on the can and also used tape to hold the button pressed in while spraying. Once the paint from the first coat was applied, it looked very cloudy (concerning) but dried with no orange peel or undesirable finish (3). I applied a second coat (4) and it was cloudy again but dried fine (5). I did this process to another car, whose headlights I had refinished a little over a year ago with the store-bought spray paint mentioned above (6). I applied 3 coats of this 2k Eastwood clear (7) and they turned out looking good. You MUST either remove the headlight from the vehicle before spraying or lay multiple blankets/towels over the top of the vehicle so that none of the MASSIVE amount of overspray gets on the vehicle. If you do not remove the headlights/taillights from the vehicle, you MUST cover areas surrounding the light with plastic and not newspaper like I did. Around the border where the painters tape was, I can see a faint but sharp line where the paint seeped through the newspaper and attached itself the the surface of the fender and bumper. This did not come off with lacquer thinner, so I will try other options such as a clay bar or rubbing compound. Also be aware of the 48 hour lifespan of the product after cracking the chambers open. I did not have any issues, but I would not use this product after those 48 hours have elapsed. I am very confident that this is the perfect spray paint for refinishing headlights and taillights. With the proper prep work and precautions taken, you will not regret buying this $30 spray paint can.