Well my car as you know is wrecked...and i had it painted about two years ago a pearl white. The guy who painted it said it was a 3 stage paint and so he charged me 2500. Well i at the time didnt know anybetter so i said okay thats fair. So basically what he did was paint the car white again, then when he did the clear, he mixed in the pearl powder and then painted with the clear. I thought that was fine and thought thats how u do it. After talking with my friend who's talking auto painting at our CC, he said thats only a single stage paint, and that pearl is three stages, 1 coat is base coat, 2nd coat is pearl, and 3rd is clear. So basically i think the guy ripped me off. does anyone know if this is true? i plan to go back and complain to the guy, my parents already went and complained to him after the adjuster came becaue he said the paint was done wrong and that alot of the ruber seals were oversprayed. So i think if i'm right and he ripped me off, i can go complain to him and have him hook me up and repaint my new accord when the new paint starts to **** up (MAACO) what do you guys think?