Burnt sienna just changed my mind on single stage paint

Buddy at the shop in Austin said he's been doing single stage for 3 years now on restorations and showed me his '67 Mustang. The depth and gloss he got without a clear coat had me resetting my whole approach to older cars, anyone else tried switching back?

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ryanh562mo ago

Mentioned this to my painter and he said single stage actually lets the original metal flake pop way better because there's no clear layer to soften the reflection. Have you noticed that difference in direct sunlight?

gonzalez.reese2mo ago

Yeah single stage definitely makes the flake hit different in sunlight, sucks when people don't get it.

karen_perry381mo ago

Man I feel this so hard, I spent like 3 hours last weekend trying to explain to my buddy why his truck's paint job looked flat compared to mine and he just kept saying "but the clear coat makes it shinier though." Finally I just handed him a sunglasses lense and told him to hold it up to both panels in the sun. He still didn't get it. Guess I'm just the flake whisperer now or something.