Car-Rep® 2K Polyurethane Clear Coat with Wise 2K Technology, High Gloss, Easy Application, Unlimted Pot Life, 11oz Aerosol Can

Worked great the shine still looks wet after weeks, it does take a while to cure tho but it is a beautiful shine for a small project

I've used both Spray max 2k and Car-Rep 2k and although they both work great. The fact that you can leave Car-Rep on the shelf for weeks unlike Spray max makes it a great addition to the tools for a gloss finish

I bought this because of the unlimited pot life. I was finishing a Joe Satriani body and refinishing a vintage 540r body. First after two weeks the paint still didn’t harden. You could search it easily with a fingernail. I kept scratching it with a fingernail to test it in a inconspicuous area. After two weeks the clear coat began cracking ruining the finish on both guitars and and a head stock, I tried to capture the cracks as best as I could on my phones camera. I followed the instructions to a T. I even called their paint specialist. He said the hardener activates using moisture in the air. I asked what the best humidity was to use it in and he said between 60% and 70% but you should be good even at 35%. I was using it at 65% which should be the sweet spot. Temp was 70 degrees F well above the 60 degrees recommended. The body that first started cracking was also hanging in a room with an industrial heating fan so the temperature was nice and warm for it to cure in.Based on my experience I cannot recommend this paint at all. It’s ruined all of my tedious and hard work, I have to remove all of the finish on both guitars and the headstock I refinished now AND buy $250 worth of paint again. I’ll never get back all of my time and hard work that put into it. Don’t buy this stuff buy the Spraymax 2k if you want a 2k paint. People seem to be getting excellent results with it. The only thing I recommend against with the Spraymax is do not use it with a lacquer. It doesn’t seem to be compatible with lacquer. I used it over top of a Duplicolor black basecoat and 4 days later after wet sanding and buffing the clear just peeled right off. That’s a while other project I’ll have to start from scratch with. If you’re going to use the Spraymax 2k which is a polyurethane I recommend sticking with polyurethane for the primer and base coat colors. Then you shouldn’t have any compatibility issue.

Quality product wish it was cheaper. Would buy so much more of it if it was cheaper. If it was 18 bucks or something like that I would have no problem buying a ton of it. I refinishing wheels and paint cars and this is most definitely the best clear u can get in a can and love not having to be all used immediately because of the 2 part system but again just so expensive. Will definitely use again just on the more needed things when I'm not using my spray gun for clear if I am in need of easy to use no mixing will definitely be using this. So easy to use . The finish is awesome for a spray can. Again only problem I have is how expensive it is . Maybe use larger cans so there's more in there for the 30 bucks or make it so we can buy larger packs with a discounted price. Cause I would love to buy a good amount and I would be a consistent buyer at a discounted price . But the 30 bucks for 1 can is so much!

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I've been spraying base/clear custom paint jobs for over twenty-five years. I purchased this product with hopes of using it as convenient alternative for having to mix 2K clears and cleaning up my professional spray equipment for small jobs. I tried this product out on a test sample (photo attached) I had properly prepared and base coatedPer the instructions on the can, I shook it for three minutes and sprayed the CAR-REP 2K clear onto my test sample in my usual dust free space. Tiny bits of particulate spit from inside the can onto the sample even after a couple of clearing passes aimed well aside of the work. This is a deal killer for me given the whole point was to save myself some time and effort on small jobs. If I'm going to have to buff the clear out anyway, this negates the convenience of using a rattle can. Perhaps I just got a bad one and this isn't typical.Some good things about this product is it reportedly has many of the properties of the two component poly clears without the limited user time once they've been mixed. It also dries to the touch with a wet looking high gloss luster in 20 minutes--specks and all.In summary, I'll use the balance of the can I received (late by the way) to clear coat and protect some things I don't care as much about achieving a flawless base/clear finish on. With some polishing after it's fully cured, I'm sure this clear would render a pretty decent finish however.