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09-24-05, 07:11
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Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 471 | Paint hardness...rate them.
We all know Audi paint is pretty hard and how soft Honda paint is. I've been doing some searching and I can't seem to find anything with respect to how different car maufacturers' paint stack up in terms of hardness. I'd like to hear some feedback from you all on this, which car makers do you feel have the hardest and softest paints 
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09-24-05, 08:21
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 6,888 | I was just thinking about posting something like this!
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09-24-05, 08:26
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Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bloomfield MI, 48302 Posts: 640 | good idea...but there needs to be a bench mark to compare all other paints to...  | |
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09-24-05, 09:23
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Join Date: May 2005 Location: MD/DC Posts: 723 | Ceramiclear. There's your benchmark 
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09-25-05, 12:48
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Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 994 | Volvos from 99/00 is very hard. | |
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09-25-05, 06:59
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Originally Posted by animes2k Ceramiclear. There's your benchmark | I have to agree that the ceramiclear should be at the top and Lexus paint in the basement. 
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09-25-05, 07:13
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Originally Posted by animes2k Ceramiclear. There's your benchmark | good idea lets go with that one. | |
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09-25-05, 07:27
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Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: 'Burbs of Chicago Posts: 737 | My VW paint seems quite hard...anyone agree?
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09-25-05, 07:37
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Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Birthplace of Speed Posts: 8,733 | Yep, IIRC it's basically the same Spies-Hecker paint as Audi. Ceramiclear,indeed, sure seems very hard. It seems right on par with my '89 de Ville. | |
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09-25-05, 07:53
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Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,886 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by OneQuickGT1 My VW paint seems quite hard...anyone agree? | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Bill D Yep, IIRC it's basically the same Spies-Hecker paint as Audi. | I would've figured that Porsche/Audi/VW would all have the same paint, but then somebody recently posted that their '03 VW seemed to have *soft* clear 
Could be an "eye of the beholder" type of thing, and IMO we oughta base "hardness" on what it takes to correct it, not perceived vulnerability to marring.
Compared to the Audis and the lacquer on the Jag, everything else I work on seems "middle of the road", but that's a pretty wide road  | |
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09-25-05, 07:56
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Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 3,323 | My Infiniti is much easier to work on than the 2002 Audi I did a bunch of work too recently. My families Hondas are all very similar to my car. That Audi was a bear.
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09-25-05, 08:00
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Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Toluca Lake, CA Posts: 410 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by OneQuickGT1 My VW paint seems quite hard...anyone agree? | I agree, my 2001.5 Passat had Reflex Silver paint that was a lot harder than my BMW Alpine White 330i.
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