KBS Coatings 8124 1 Pack Diamond Finish Clear Aerosol Satin

I used this spray to protect artwork children painted on my car. Sprayed it over acrylic and oil paints. It is durable and long lasting.

I am writing this review after 2< years of application on a motorcycle fairing. The original result came out great, pretty uniform satin finish and was pretty strong. (Hard to leave a mark on the underside, which I had also clear coated to test and hide the finish) This fairing goes on the front of my bike so it takes a decent amount of abuse; from bug guts to rock chips, it seemed to hold up pretty well and after a wash and very light polish (just to wipe away dirt, etc) it looked promising. At about the 1 or so year mark, I noticed that the clear itself became weak... I had to remove some stubborn bug guts that weren't scrubbing off with a microfiber, so in comes the 91% alcohol... it didn't hold up and the finish fogged/clouded up. The bug guts somehow got impregnated into the clear, must have been over the period of about a month or 2 on there, have not had that happen with any 2k clear coat and was not expecting this to. Keep in mind this is a garage kept bike, I suspect I have about a year or less before it completely goes the way of honda clear coats from the mid 2000s. Anyhow, this is a great product for short term/medium duty items... something you don't mind redoing every other year... if you are putting it on a car/motorcycle, DONT. Use a 2k clear instead. Pictures provided are 2 years after application, with very light buffing to hide the wear over time, the faded/clouded spot is where the bug guts were and the alcohol dissolving it on a 5 second application...I would imagine gasoline or acidic rain would do worse.

I purchased the high gloss Diamond. After the product was delivered I realized that they also offered a satin finish which was what I wanted. I tried to return and was denied apparently because of its chemical properties. Oh well. I then used the satin finish on my project only to find out it produced a high gloss finish. So if you want a satin finish, find another product.

To start with let me spell out the simple rule that defines when paint is "cured". Paint, or clear coat in this case, is "cured" when you can no longer smell it. The smell is the thinners evaporating from the material. This will continue until all the thinners have evaporated and only the solids remain behind. Sometimes this doesn't really matter and it is ok to spray, wait 48 hours, and then use. But if the item is to be brought into the house, office, or other place without ventilation, you don't want to do so in this case. Current weather in SoCal is 80degrees F. I sprayed it in my garage that was in the 70's, waited several hours for it to dry to the touch. Then I took the entire thing and put it out side on the back patio for 24 hours. After 24 hours I could still smell it quite strong. I then waited another 24 hours. Still could smell it. So this time I put it out in direct sunlight to help it. It sat out in direct sun from about 9am until about 4PM. Then I brought it back under the patio, waited until the next morning (now 72 hours later) and I can still smell it. At this rate I might be curing it for a week! If I had known this I would have looked elsewhere.

I was exspecting this to be like ur every day clear coat spray. Oh hell no way better. It for real works on everything. We have used it mainly for preserving the truck parts we have sanded to bare metel. Protecting the mirror image of cleaning the crome. We cleaned r valve covers and other chrome stuff to perfection and then sprayed them with this and no finger prints left on chrome when touching. The chrome still looks like it did when we buffed and cleaned them. I have used on a vintage mirror to stop the back from pealing. I sprayed it on and it did just that it locked in the peeling backing without altering the mirror in any form. I have used it to add a extra barrier to my wood stand that I polyurethane 5 times. I will use this for everything we need a clear coat on from in the house to the garage. We will now always have a can or two on hand.