Originally Posted by
J.Oxley
That is effing awesome. And I agree with the previous poster who suggested no paint, just clearcoat. But whatever route you go, there was never a more appropriate time for this emoji:

From what I hear, durable clear coat does not exist. I've asked about clearcoat to a few local framebuilders, a couple of wet painters, and a powder coater. I'm not a paint engineer, perhaps someone else can comment on this. If one existed, I'm sure we'd see several examples on the interwebs.