[Kevin in NJ]

I learned about this from Marco. I observed this on my car.

I used Concept single stage paint. I am not the best painter so I had to color sand. The areas where I laid down great paint the depth and shine were out of this world.

Paint that is able to form a liquid surface will be virtually void of scratches. As soon as you do a buffing process you are essentially sanding with very fine sandpaper causing scratch. It is subtle, but there.

I do not have the correct numbers handy, but the laquer of the 1930's was not very 'pure' and had about 80% reflectivity.
The modern stuff sprayed well is in the mid 90's and buffed it gets down to like 90%.
Again I made up the numbers, but that is the idea.

Marco flattened the paint on areas like the firewall and door jambs. It buffed out the exterior just to lower the reflectivity to do his best to get and original patina. He was clear that it still was much glossier then some of the original untouched cars he has inspected.