Uh oh! Can someone tell me if this is clearcoat failure?!

[VHONDAV6]

Hi guys. I`m an avid poster here... usually it`s me crying about my cars clearcoat and here I am again! So today I noticed this when doing an inspection of the car...


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Now I`ve already come prepared for the worst, but can someone confirm for me that this is clearcoat failure? I`ve washed this car maybe a dozen or so times since I`ve had it and never noticed this. From a distance and even up close its hard to notice.


Now if this is clearcoat failure, I`m confused. Why is it on the trunk near the window instead of starting on my roof where the sun is blasting it 24/7?? Does this mean it`s going to spread to the entire trunk soon?


Thanks in advance...

[The Driver]

It does look like CC failure. Was the trunk ever resprayed?

[VHONDAV6]

It does look like CC failure. Was the trunk ever resprayed?

Not to my knowledge! Also, I managed to I guess"get it out" with polish... check this out.... Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
why would the polish remove it? It can`t be clearcoat failure then corect?

[Poorboy]

if those same spots and marks are on the glass then it`s not CC failure and something nasty is on your paint.. yes it also looks like a repaint from what we can see ..

[Lonnie]

You did not say how old the car is.
Cannot say that it acid-rain "etching" because it is on the window. Might be industrial fallout or contamination.
The fact that you can "polish" it somewhat by hand may give credence to this diagnosis.
My REAL guess is it may be a dealer-applied coating or sealant that is at the end if its life and is starting to flake off, hence the question of how old the car is.

[Accumulator]

VHONDAV6- Yeah, IMO it`s cc failure and yeah that kind will probably spread.

If there`s etching on the nearby glass, I`d take Poorboy`s advice and make certain that it`s not something *ON* the paint, but I`d be a little surprised (I bet the glass is etched from whatever killed the cc). Hard to tell this stuff over the internet, or even in person with the naked eye.

[INSERT usual lecture about having a lighted magnifier of some kind, and I *still* don`t like those ~30x ones, preferring lower X ]

OK, I hate to post this but here goes anyhow....what do you foresee/have planned for this car? Is it a "in the City beater" or is it something you really care about? How much money will you put into it...as much as a replacement in nicer shape would cost? Knowing what daily drivers can go through in your locale....well, IMO you need to ask yourself some tough Qs.

[The Driver]

Not to my knowledge! Also, I managed to I guess"get it out" with polish... check this out.... Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
why would the polish remove it? It can`t be clearcoat failure then corect?

Weird, almost looked like a primer color. If it came out via polish, then it isn`t clear coat failure. It must have been some kind residue.

[VHONDAV6]

The glass marking is just some polish I got on the window by accident. The car is 10 years old. A beautiful 2006 Honda Accord Coupe in Nighthawk black.

Now the marking king on the paint has not come back after being polished. I have now applied Ultimate Wax to it.
Could it have been oxidation?

[VHONDAV6]

Sorry for anyone who I confused. At the top of his post I linked the problem area. There was an area that looked like CC failure.
I then polished the area and the spot where it looks like it failed was gone fully. I got some polish on the window which is what that streak is.

Ive had this car for about 3 months. 50k miles. It`s a 2006 Honda Accord which was garage kept for 4 years.
To my knowledge the car had only been repainted on the passenger side door.

I`m just confused... is this clearcoat failure? If it is why did it come out with polish? If it`s not CC failure what could it be?

[Accumulator]

VHONDAV6- Sounds like I`d better back off from my "it`s cc failure"! IMO you oughta just keep an eye on it and hope for the best...with a degree of optimism...might be all OK Could`ve just been weird [stuff] on the paint.

[tom p.]

The polishing and residue left behind could mask a defect for a while. (I can`t see your fotos.)

[RaskyR1]

No doubt about it, that deck lid was a repaint, and unfortunately very poorly too. Sorry.

[VHONDAV6]

How exactly can you tell it`s a repaint?

[RaskyR1]

How exactly can you tell it`s a repaint?

Texture and what appears to be sanding marks in the primer/filler.

[VHONDAV6]

Interesting... is there anyway I could know for sure? The previous owner never mentioned it at all.