Baking Clearcoat?

My furniture is with the paintman who swears by baking the final clear coat (sub 200) to achieve an especially wet look. I'm not a paint guy but, from what I understand, this is a rather an old-school approach. Which would make sense, as he does mostly classic resto jobs.

I've been assured by Repro Decals that their Vinyl will withstand 275 - so there shouldn't be an issue w/ my chosen decal kit.

Anyone have any thoughts/feedback on baking the final clear coat layer?

If it is a lacquer paint it might make sense, but if it is a modern Polly-U (base coat clear coat), it can be detrimental. All that baking will achieve is that it will re-flow the paint and remove some orange peal. I do not believe in baking paint because it can accelerate shrinkage. If he is using lacquer just have him put on two extra coats and allow the paint to dry at ambient temperature for about four days, than rub it out. you will be much better off. I would never bake any paint job at more than 130f, and I've been doing this for over 30 years. Force drying anything can only lead to trouble. painters just do it so they can get things out of the shop quicker.

I did forger one thing. Tat is, the stickers may be able to withstand that heat but the adhesive will soften and can tuck in. It is not worth having to redo something and pay more money for new stickers just to rush something. I would not bake it at all.

Thanks very much for the input...I'll discuss it with him.

Also, the paint in question is Avus Black - the old BMW black..Colorite 8086 I believe.

www.colorrite.com/product/bmw-avus-black-2138.cfm

I don't bake my paint jobs but the painters in the shop bake the clear all the time, he goes up to about 180. Like said it helps with drying, if prepped right there should be no shrinkage. We used to paint cars for Overhaulin, we did 11 of them and our record was 23 hours for body work and paint. I've seen these cars a few years later and no sign of shrinkage.
Mark