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Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

I just did a job with the PPG Concept Clear. I got a couple runs....let them dry about 3-4 days....blocked them flat....then buffed. Two or three days later, they were back. I let it dry a few more days....blocked and buffed. A couple weeks later, they were back.

I talked to another painter. He said let it dry a couple months next time. Is the "Concept" the only PPG clear that does this???

With my R-M Diamont, when this happens I let the car dry two days, block and buff....gone forever! I've used it for over a decade, and it always is stable and predictable.

the ppg clears dry slow even the old dau 82 but was stable when it set up the strato clear is not like the old concept clear. i was never that hot on concept clear but i have shot alot of it in solid color i used it when it first came out 17 years ago with the slower activator it stayed open for a long time and if you run it hard your screwed you have to cut it hard with 600 grit and let it sit then step sand it up to buff .it better now drys abit faster with the new activators .all the shops i work at used R/M on gm cars in the old lacquer days we did use some of there diamont base coat stuff .we used alot of different stuff. if it was on the bench and needed to be on the car so i could get paid. i could do that with any of it. just some of it like me more then others