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no don't use a clear coat.. i found a video on youtube about the paint and the guys says that it has a shine by itself.. i have recently used the red on mine, i'll get a pic soon for you.. i think a couple of other guys on here have used it too..

one guy used red as the base and then used gold over the top and left Nissan writing red, looked really good.

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Curt

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Im a new member and was looking for ways to spruce up the old calipers, thanks for the guide it will go to good use, going with a metallic charcoal and white for the SKYLINE, cheers mate. :D

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no don't use a clear coat.. i found a video on youtube about the paint and the guys says that it has a shine by itself.. i have recently used the red on mine, i'll get a pic soon for you.. i think a couple of other guys on here have used it too..

one guy used red as the base and then used gold over the top and left Nissan writing red, looked really good.

Cheers

Curt

Actually, the idea to put a clear coat on it was more to protect the paint and make it easier to wash it. I did the left side of my car and it look pretty good and shinny.

But the problem is that I use foam to apply the paint( because I found, after applying one coat, that the brush didn't work really well) so I can't put grease on my nissan logo. So Is it possible to sand it back to metal ?? I'm asking because I just read on page 5 ( I think or 4) that it take way too much time to sand it back to metal... :P

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i just finished doing mine today. sprayed on the car. did fronts on satday and rears today. duplicolour blue. looks hot!! with the fronts i sanded each coat off after 20 mins or so. stuffed one of my rears cause i put too much blue on :D but not noticable from far away.

so id suggest sanding off in between coats

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i just finished doing mine today. sprayed on the car. did fronts on satday and rears today. duplicolour blue. looks hot!! with the fronts i sanded each coat off after 20 mins or so. stuffed one of my rears cause i put too much blue on :D but not noticable from far away.

so id suggest sanding off in between coats

Cheers. I'm going to do mine in the metacast blue, is that what you used...photos?

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