A while back I fixed up some rust spots on stone kicks on my hood, and ended up repainting my whole hood to cover them up after grinding/puttying/priming. I got custom matching spray paint made and used that to paint to hood, and then covered it with two coats of clear coat (I used two since the first coat wasn't glossy and thought maybe the second would be). The guy at the auto store told me to use the following:
After it was all done, it looked like a matte finish rather than the glossy coat on the rest of my car. Since the can said "high gloss finish", you'd expect it to be glossy.
I got another can from the same company that says "Acrylic Enamel" instead of "Automotive Paint", since that's what the person at a different auto store said to get (she said to just sand it a bit and spray the enamel right on top). It also says "high gloss" on it. I've become a bit skeptical of the advice of auto store people, so before I spray that on top of the previous coat, I just wanted to check with the friendly folks on the internet to see if this will actually fix my problem.
Below are two pictures of what my hood looks like now, compared to the rest of the car. You can see that the reflective gloss is absent on the hood.
Here's a photo of the new stuff I want to use: