Universal Clear over Rustoleum ?

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Penhook

Can universal clear be shot over Rustoleum paint ? Reason I ask is I hate to speed that much money for regular base paint when all I am doing is painting my air cleaner cover. Thanks
 
There was a thread on here about that about a week ago...it was generally agreed that it would work over spray can paint...I don't remember about rustolem specifically.
 
I,ve actually seen a can of rust oleum paint used to spot fill the remainder of a black quarter panel when someone ran short of base on a weekend. Couldn't tell the difference years later.
 
Something like an air cleaner (oh this hurts) yea it will work, just let the rustolem set at least 24 hours and than coat with clear.
I say this because the air cleaner is not exposed to UV's.
 
Rustoleum recommends 48 hours (if past the initial 4 hour window) before recoat or clear coating their enamels.
From personal experience, if I shot a recoat within 48 hours, then the paint can wrinkle.

Mike
 
Rustoleum recommends 48 hours (if past the initial 4 hour window) before recoat or clear coating their enamels.
From personal experience, if I shot a recoat within 48 hours, then the paint can wrinkle.

Mike

Perfect for original looking Mopar wrinkle paint air cleaners!
 
Just another possible alternative base for some parts,,,,, I've very recently been using PPG breakthrough waterbourne commercial paint (from home & commercial, not car, paint stores) on residential & commercial doors & windows at my day job.

Been playing with a few samples. In proper conditions it dries hard enough to sand pretty quickly , responded well to a sloppy quick hand buffing, and seemed much happier under a coat of spi matt clear I sampled on it yesterday. It also stuck great straight onto smooth stainless steel barely scuffed with 400 grit, no primer. Try that with rust oleum & see what happens.

While I'm not really interested in trying automotive waterbourne paints ( you'd need to pry solvent car paints from my cold dead fingers ) , a few commercial waterbourne paints I've used at work last few years could be a better choice for an amateur car paint job at home, rather than this peel off plasti-dip crap or rolling on rust oleum like some goofballs in a car magazine article showed you or trying to heat & pull wrap over curved surfaces without enough experience. The two red colors I had to do recently were pretty vibrant, as people favoring waterbourne base colors claim, but without proper type of controlled environment , dry times of waterbourne just go to hell, unlike the spi clears I've sprayed when it's raining.
 
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