Peeling clearcoat ideas? - Page 2

David Fermani · 06-29-09, 05:02

Take a look at this thread - It might give you some ideas:

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-det...oval-pics.html

wannafbody · 06-29-09, 08:05

I wonder if a decon wash would remove the clearcoat. Then you could reclear it with some cheap clearcoat from the auto parts store.

Rdubs · 07-01-09, 06:12

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Originally Posted by wannafbody

I wonder if a decon wash would remove the clearcoat. Then you could reclear it with some cheap clearcoat from the auto parts store.

That sounds like a good plan too. What's decon wash? Any examples?
Thanks.

wannafbody · 07-01-09, 07:25

Finish Kare and ABC make decon washes. Maybe a power sprayer would remove the old clear as well.

David Fermani · 07-02-09, 04:38

A decon won't remove or even loosen dead paint.

Infraggable Kru · 07-02-09, 07:40

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Originally Posted by Rdubs

I bought some 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper and am thinking about trying to sand down the clearcoat to get it all even with the base, and then spray on a clearcoat. The only thing I'm worried about is the transition areas where the clearcoat has started to detach (the white areas); I'm afraid the sandpaper will sand the base coat down when what I'm aiming for are the areas of flaking off CC.

I also bought some Meguiar's Ultimate Compound to try and see if that does anything, but not sure if I can use it on the base coat. Base coat's looking kind of dull.

wow you should be smacked for trying to further destroy a 1994 MR2.

Your part of MR2OC, you should be able to read my thread

MR2 Owners Club Message Board&#8482

For the rest of you guys ( since MR2OC needs registration)

the base coat is extremely thin,and not very durable, you will definitely sand through it if you attempt to wetsand the car.. especially with something like 1000 grit sandpaper

you have two options

a) Get it repainted, especially for since its a rare 1994 MR2
b) You can repaint it yourself

I repainted my front end of my car for under $50, took me a few days but the results were great

David Fermani · 07-02-09, 07:58

Holy Cow - That's the best spray bomb job I've ever seen!! How's it holding up?

Infraggable Kru · 07-02-09, 11:13

haha yeah , even the paint guys In the mr2 forum said the same thing ( best spray can paint job they have ever seen)

I would post all the pictures, i'm just not sure where in this forum it would belong ( or get views :P )

longdx · 07-02-09, 01:33

@Infraggable Kru:

That is a fantastic spray paint job. How long did you let the paint set before wetsanding?

wfedwar · 07-02-09, 03:21

Check out your local PPG distributor. They can hook you up with much better clearcoat than regular spraypaint.

Infraggable Kru · 07-03-09, 04:58

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Originally Posted by longdx

@Infraggable Kru:

That is a fantastic spray paint job. How long did you let the paint set before wetsanding?

I did the fitment of the bumper one day.

The next day I wetsanded everything, sprayed the primer, let it dry for a bit, hit it with 1500, and then sprayed the red.

I let it dry overnight.

The next day I spent alll day wetsanding and polishing.

Rdubs · 07-03-09, 02:02

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.