Originally posted by J. Robinson
For the last several years I have been using X-treme clear by Five Star. It sprays nice and dries with a glassy finish. I painted my old Nissan Sentra with it (used over DuPont Chromabase) about 6 years ago. This car sits outside in the hot sun (that's very intense here in Florida), the rain, etc. 365 days a year and has never been waxed or polished in all that time. It is just now starting to oxidize on the roof. The paint would undoubtedly last longer if I had taken care of it, but I wanted to see just how it would hold up. This stuff costs about $85 for a gallon of clear and a quart of catalyst (5 quarts sprayable).

I have also used Transtar with good results and durability comparable to the Five Star.
I can get X-treme through my tool business so i can get it really cheap, prob would have considered it 5yrs ago, but when someone's paying top dollar for paint i'd like to put something really nice down, that's why i'm considering global clears.

but my buddy uses cheap stuff so maybe i'll see if he want's to try it