number of "coats" of paint

bamamopar said

PPG school said 3 to 5 color and 2 to 3 clear and if it was going to buff the piss out it I. Would put 4

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That's about what we do at school. 3 color and 3 clear. If we know we will be doing a bunch of wet sanding we go with 4 coats of clear.

We do very little wet sanding but 95% of the time we are simply trying to match a factory finish.