Bit of a Newmar rant.

[Boat Bum]

I had two brand new basement doors painted last year. I had all my Newmar paint codes with my documentation and provided them to the body shop. They thanked me for them but said it will be a closer match to the rest if they were to do their color matching, which they did and it looks indistinguishable from the rest of the coach.

As upset as I was with the original misfortune I was equally pleased with the repair.

 

[Wemustrv]

Best bet is to go buy a 2K clear in a can. This is a 2 part clear and will be the best way to get the results you want. Personally I do not believe you will get the result you are looking for by sanding a flat base coat. Truly you want to have clear over the basecoat it is designed be cleared. I guessing the missing part for me is how is the bottle or can labelled does it say basecoat or flat single stage?

 

[Underboss]

Some of you are taking a small scratch and turning it into a full on rattle can clear coat a whole panel. A disaster in the making. Brush in every few days (cure time) to bring the touchup above the paint level. Wet sand it and polish the area with some blue magic aluminum polish and you will never see it. Yes, flat base paint can be made to shine.
Creating a mass project for a small scratch will only make it more obvious. I could fix that and you would never see it. I have done this more than once and I am absolutely anal when it comes to my cars/bikes

 

[J&JD]

Some of you are taking a small scratch and turning it into a full on rattle can clear coat a whole panel. A disaster in the making. Brush in every few days (cure time) to bring the touchup above the paint level. Wet sand it and polish the area with some blue magic aluminum polish and you will never see it. Yes, flat base paint can be made to shine.
Creating a mass project for a small scratch will only make it more obvious. I could fix that and you would never see it. I have done this more than once and I am absolutely anal when it comes to my cars/bikes

When you say wet sand, what grit do you start & end with?

 

[Underboss]

When you say wet sand, what grit do you start & end with?

I would build the paint up and start with a 600, just on the scratch, lightly fingertip it to knock it down a bit and work my way up quickly to 2k. Again focus on the scratch, not around the scratch until up to 2k. Once at 2k you can work the area to even it out.