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Old 07-03-09, 02:02   #24 (permalink)
Rdubs
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Re: Peeling clearcoat ideas?

Hi all,
Well I spent some time with it today and tried some different things. No sanding yet because want to only do that as a last resort, and only once I've resigned myself to having to repaint it.
I first tried some of that Meguair's Ultimate Compound and it really wasn't that ultimate. It definitely made it look better than it was, both on the base coat parts and the parts where clearcost was still on, but I wanted to try different things. I tried some old Deep Crystal paint cleaner I had left over and that was kind of eh too. Then I found some 3M Rubbing Compound (Perfect-It II) and that was great. It brought the parts where the CC was still on almost back to a mirror shine, and the base coat parts seemed to come back to life.

The only issue is the transition - those white areas in the photo where the CC is starting to come up but hasn't flaked off yet. What I'd like to do is remove that white transition area so I get a clean break between base coat and clear coat, and then spray on a new coat of CC over everything. Any ideas on how to try to get that white transition area to go away?

If I can't get it to work I'll just rattle can spray a close color over it and sand like Kru did.