KBS Coatings 8124 Clear Satin Diamond Finish Aerosol, Covers 35 sq ft, 15 Ounce (Pack of 1)

I have had my disappointments in KBS products. The 2k Max is a good coating BUT it only comes with a moderate reducer and that will not work in hot climates at all. It must have a slow slow reducer. The fact they sell it with a moderate reducer in hot climates is flatly a ripoff. They should know better. I have told them. Those who work with clears know this is the single most important factor. Clears require surface melt. In a hot climate, using a moderate reducer, all you get is orange peel. That said, the Diamond Clearcoat Single Stage Gloss is an underrated Clear. It is a single-stage in a world of "YOUTUBE PAINT EXPERTS" OMG, that do nothing more than echo two-stage clears based on one idea which is cross-linking. The concept of crosslinking is that once cured you can spay something on top of it. That is a fallacy. Spray clear on a prior clear and you could get lift off and peel from hell. And sometimes with 2k clear, it can peel off in sheets for crosslinking on the surface of a prior coating and not adhering. 2k Clears can surprise in a very bad way. I don't care what two-stage you use, you can easily get a solvent reaction while wet. The Diamond single stage is moisture cured and I have never had it react to a cured surface including INDUSTRIAL ENAMEL. Try to remember that Picasso loved industrial enamels. They have a richness lacking in any other kind of paint. I digress. The Diamond Clear in the spray can be used to remedy bad or non-adherent clear. It can be used to spot flaws after spotting in some basecoat or paint coat. It is amazing how well it does in these kinds of applications. On Youtube the idiot will tell you to sand down the entire door panel for example. I say that's nuts. Spotting flaws works great. Breached edges are where you get into difficulty. It is possible with the spray can to get a little overspray. That is where the 1000 sandpaper comes in. It will smooth the miro orange peel easily. If you are going to do large areas then buy the Diamond Clear in a pint or quart and use Thinner or Xylene ONLY and 10%-15% is normally adequate. DiamondFinish Clear can be thinned up to 30%. Thinning helps it flow but it also helps it drip. Remember Xylene is a solvent so it can react with undercoats. So I don't recommend thinning. Just keep your wet edge and it will melt nicely. Any overspray can be easily tamed by 1000 sand and an orbital DA. While KBS claims it is clear that is not actually true. It has a slight amber cast if put on at 2 mils thick. In Hot climates, I encourage 3 mil thicknesses and sanding before buffing with 1000, 1500. and 2000. That will make buffing to a marvellous plastic shine and enough thickness to block UV. Try to remember that Clear obtains its UV protection by thickness, not some pretend additive to block UV. No such additive exists. So it must be thick. Hot climates are full of cars with peeling clear. Hoods get direct sunlight and under the hood the engine gets hot. So go thick in a hot climate. I say that Diamond Clear single stage is vastly underrated due to a large amount of noise made by the "car painting youtube crowd." These are clowns that think a $500 spay gun makes you a pro. There is no truth to this or a thousand other myths. Diamond Clear single stage is just as good as 2k clear and less toxic, less dangerous to use, and if you have a screw up you can STOP. With 2k you have a paint gun full of catalyzing clear that has to be used OR WASTED. I am an artist... I leave you with this sentiment... that you may all be artists in your own way.... and being an artist means you must find your own way... “A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.” Louis Nizer

This stuff is incredible. It is crystal clear. Had some scratches on my Cajun boat. Prepared surface and sprayed this diamond finish on and wow. Covered the scratches with high gloss, just what I wanted. I'll but more of this. It's very easy to work with!

Haven’t been able to water test it yet but I bought this for fishing lures. It definitely makes them shine, seems pretty tough, and if it holds up to fish it’d be worth the price. I will edit this post come spring time.

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 used this to finish a guitar pedal that I was building. Since I'll be stepping on it, it needed to be very hard and I wanted the finish to be clear gloss so I could read the labels on it. This stuff is really good. Very, very hard, and perfectly clear. I put on many thin coats and I only did it on warm days with low humidity based on the reviews I'd read here. Worked wonderful,

good product, hard, durable finish

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 bought this after trying the paint version, which looked very promising, however seemed to require exceptional painting skills to not leave humongous brush marks. I thought the spray would be similar to other clear coats, even if kbs recommended to apply thin 2nd and 3rd coats, which is slightly different to other brands. the problems were: 1. the spray pattern was very small, from 8 to 10 inches, the effective area was around 4 inches, and if I didn't overlap the next pass perfectly, stripes would result. 2. the paint was too thick to self level, so what you see was what you get at the end. not much smoothing during the curing process. 3. the paint had a translucent white tint after sanding, which meant I could not correct flaws by sanding it later and covering again. I decided to go through with the rest of the project using the same clear coat - just got too tired of sanding and redoing the car with a different brand, but I'd definitely try something else next time around.