Clear-coat question

black-mamba · 12-23-07, 10:08

How would you know if you went thru your vehicle's clear-coat?

D&D Auto Detail · 12-23-07, 10:38

A CARS clear coat? You posted in the Marine section. Itll turn cloudy, post a picture.

silvSS03 · 12-23-07, 11:19

In regards to that question I noticed on my driver and passenger doors there is some blotchy marks if I look at it from a different angle it looks cloudy but up close it seems to be normal could I have went thru the clear-coat? I used a PC 7424 with a orange on pad on speed 5 & 6 and some Adams swirl&haze remover that's about it.
around the sunlight you can see what looks like I guess micro-marring correct me if I'm wrong. Also is it true that when paint shows on the pad you gone thru the CC?

SShine · 12-24-07, 05:44

why is this in the marine section?

jsatek · 12-24-07, 06:36

I dont see it. ITs swirled and micro-marred, but I dont see where the clear is removed.
If it was on a flat spot, it would look "feather-edged"
On an edge, its dead obvious.

Not true in the case of a single stage paint.
If you burnt through a multi-stage paint with a polisher, there would be no color, you would burn right through it and see primer....

silvSS03 · 12-25-07, 12:24

Thanks guys for your input

KnuckleBuckett · 12-25-07, 04:50

You aren't through the clear coat. You just have lots of work yet.

I seriously doubt you could get through the clear coat with an orange pad and a PC without trying to on purpose. It's not like you are using a rotary.

Might try giving the folks at Adam's a yell.