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The factory used good clear coating all those years ago, and they worked. Their formulation was called "Melamine Clear", was special, and was also sold under the "Lubri-Tech" name banner of paints. It was made to NOT yellow after application and/or age, and, for the most part, it worked well. Almost all of the clear coats I have used of late, and I am now painting my mountain bike, don't work well. The coatings I have had not so great, yellowing are Ace, and Krylon.
I didn't like Dupli-Color some years ago, was worse than any paint I have used then, but, I have to say, this bike is being painted with rattle can, and with Dupli-Color factory bright red and bright white, both paint extremely well for rattle can colored goo, even in cold (I painted the frame white yesterday, Sunday, in 60 degree shop temp, very impressed with the paint so far). I haven't got to the clear coat yet. That will be in a week or so, when I get the decals in place, after I am fully sure the base colors are fully dry, and I can make a fire in my wood stove, to heat the shop.
What I have found with it is, this stuff likes to be misted on, and on one front fork, I goofed, made a small run, and, even in the cold, it cleared itself up, amazing, because paint and body work just ain't my strong suit. It also really likes air application temps above 70 deg/F, too.
I will try to get a piece of aluminum engine cover polished up, and clear coat it with the Dupli-Color when I do the clear on the bicycle parts, and post the results after that.
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I believe you are referring to SprayMax 2K? That seems like a good bet.
They like to help dad clean the old boy up. Personally I don't mind keeping stuff shiny.....I have more fear of using something that will go wrong altogether coatingwise than I do of hating to clean once in a while.
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