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Clearcoating bare metal, good to do or no?

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Assumming I have a piece of metal polished with metal polish, to really bring out the shine, is it safe to use clearcoat (such as the kind in a spray can from the store) to protect the metal from corrosion and rust? Thanks...Sean.
 

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O.D. Showtime said:
Assumming I have a piece of metal polished with metal polish, to really bring out the shine, is it safe to use clearcoat (such as the kind in a spray can from the store) to protect the metal from corrosion and rust? Thanks...Sean.
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Are we talking about just a piece of metal, or a whole car? ecause the piece of metal would probably be fine, but the whole car would not.
 
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Are we talking about just a piece of metal, or a whole car? ecause the piece of metal would probably be fine, but the whole car would not.
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It's just a small piece of metal, not the whole car
 

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The spray can stuff usually turns bare metal a yellowish color whenever i've tried it. It could be that I didn't use good quality stuff, or it could just be the way it is with spray paint -- not sure, I don't remember what I was trying it on.

Anyway, it is possible to do, either through powdercoating or some other painting process, but I don't think spray cans are the way to go.
 
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The spray can stuff usually turns bare metal a yellowish color whenever i've tried it. It could be that I didn't use good quality stuff, or it could just be the way it is with spray paint -- not sure, I don't remember what I was trying it on.

Anyway, it is possible to do, either through powdercoating or some other painting process, but I don't think spray cans are the way to go.
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so do I just have to keep polishing the metal to avoid anymore rust? The piece I"m talking about is the ashtray in my car, it always starts rusting, so i polished it but I don't want it to start rusting again.
 

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so do I just have to keep polishing the metal to avoid anymore rust? The piece I"m talking about is the ashtray in my car, it always starts rusting, so i polished it but I don't want it to start rusting again.
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AFAIK, that's all you can really do.
 
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