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Originally Posted by Mike D
Apply a bit of "cleaner wax" to an original painted area. If the polishing cloth you are using picks up the color of the paint then it is single stage.
Not necessarily a 100% test since if the clear coat has completely worn off the base coat will come off but it's a good 90% of the time test.
Color code 040 is black single stage in the original paint. Doesn't mean the car hasn't been re-sprayed somewhere in the past with a clear coat added.
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Hi Mike,
040 being a single stage paint originally.... That is interesting.
I know that my car was clear coated then, probably only the sides as there is the fine colored stripe along the car and a funny small flower in the rear corner.
I heard that the stripes were 'fashionable' at some point in time but I did not think about it. But now that you mentioned that the clear coat was not original it dawned on me. Do you know anything about this fashion?
The roof might still be the original color without clear because for some reason the clear coat stopped.
Can a single stage paint be a s shiny as clear coat? Probably.
Martin