Detailing car with clearcoat mixed into paint

[King_Noodles]

My wife purchased a new car, and unlike my normal cars where it would have a layer of clearcoat above the paint this new car has paint that has the clear coat mixed into the paint.

Any tips/tricks to detailing it (eg: Polishing/waxing/ protecting the paint) ? I use a DA polisher for my car and truck and can provide a list of all the products and tools I have/use.


Thanks for any and all help!

[Evan.J]

What kind of car will you be working on?

[King_Noodles]

What kind of car will you be working on?

2014.5 Toyota Camry SE

[Evan.J]

Ive never heard of the clear and paint being mixed together. Did you try doing a test spot at all?

[GenesisCoupe]

Hmm....mixed in..some think that a single stage has clear mixed in, but that's not true..

Toyota..always coming up with something, then the recalls begin LOL

[MadMerc]

Maybe it's a base coat with a tinted clear?

Spewing gibberish to confuse the NSA.

[feslope]

My wife purchased a new car, and unlike my normal cars where it would have a layer of clearcoat above the paint this new car has paint that has the clear coat mixed into the paint.

Thanks for any and all help!

What color?

[King_Noodles]

Ive never heard of the clear and paint being mixed together. Did you try doing a test spot at all?

According to her father (who works for toyota not on the dealer end but the corporate end) the paint has the clear coat mixed in, I did a once over of wax just to have a layer of protection on it since I was advised by him that the color has the clear mixed in and should always have either a sealant or a coat of wax (cmon why wouldnt I? this just makes sense lol) But never had any run ins with paint of a similar mix/makup

What color?

White (not a pearl like on the avalon just flat white with a gloss to it)

[Evan.J]

Sounds like a typical single stage white Toyota to me.

More often than not you will find that Toyota white is single stage for whatever reason.

You can polish the paint the same as you would anything else you will be getting white paint transfer on to the pads though, so proper cleaning is a must.

If its new and in good condition with minimal swirls and scratches then you can go with Menzerna 4000 or even M205 if you wanted then follow up with a sealant or wax. If you wanted to go with a coating I believe the Pinnacle Black Label works well with single stage paints.

[King_Noodles]

Sounds like a typical single stage white Toyota to me.

More often than not you will find that Toyota white is single stage for whatever reason.

You can polish the paint the same as you would anything else you will be getting white paint transfer on to the pads though, so proper cleaning is a must.

If its new and in good condition with minimal swirls and scratches then you can go with Menzerna 4000 or even M205 if you wanted then follow up with a sealant or wax. If you wanted to go with a coating I believe the Pinnacle Black Label works well with single stage paints.

I put a coating of synthetic wax (meguiars ultimate paste wax) on it within a few hours of it coming off the truck that brought it to the dealer. But wasnt sure if it I would be better off stripping that off and putting down a layer of polish or sealant and another coat of synthetic wax with my polisher since she parks it outside and I'm not a fan of letting the UV of that bright circle in the sky crushing the paint of the car she worked hard(ish) to save up for a buy.

Still new to detailing as hardcore as you can get, I'm just used to wash->clay->polish->wax->Beer