Originally Posted by
Looigi
Kinda dopey that *** gets turned into ***.
With the Chroma system and similar, primer and color coats are solvent based and go on very easily and dry very quickly...in minutes. The tricky part is the clearcoat which is a two part PU. It wets through the colors down to the primer and unifies all the layers making them impervious to solvents etc after curing. It stays wet a long time and can pick up dust and also will travel and long distance and settle on stuff you don't want it on so you need a tent/booth. It needs no heat, just time to cure. Also, since it takes a while to cure it will sag if there's only a bit too much applied.
I called a local shop that sells chromax and they said it would be tricky to get the clear right. He suggested a single state paint instead. He said if you put the 2 finished products side by side you wouldn't be able to tell the difference and in fact the single stage may look better as it's a deeper darker finish.