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I am a rookie and I would like to give the spi single stage black a try, but I have some questions and I am debating whether to just go with bc/cc. I love the look of a single stage black and the durability of having all catalyzed urethane paint on the car, but I am concerned about fading and cutting and buffing. My guess is the single stage would have some pigments floating on the surface of the paint that would be subject to the sun and risk fading? Is that why you would mix the single stage with clear for the last coat, to reduce the surface area of pigment exposed to the sun? My experience painting cars is very minimal but I'm from a farm and have painted a lot of tractors/equipment using dupont imron single stage, so I am fairly confident I can lay down a pretty decent final coat with some practice. Now having said that, while cutting and buffing I am worried I would still cut through even a fairly flat top layer of a clear/single stage layer to a single stage only layer. So could I do two or more coats of single stage mixed with clear to allow a little more margin of error while cutting and buffing, or would that affect the color? Also, I love the look of a slippery black single stage covered with clear and I am sure someone might suggest it, but it's just not in my budget. I don't say that because I'm trying to be cheap, I am in law school (expensive) and supporting my fiance (expensiver) so finances are TIGHT! Would it be better to just go with spi black base and universal clear? For any other color I would just go with a bc/cc but single stage black just seems to look better. Then again I have never seen SPI black bc/cc! Thanks for all your help and for sharing your expertise with a rookie like me! I can assure you it is greatly appreciated!