I recently bit the bullet...

[Accumulator]

One of these days I just *GOTTA* read over the latest Ford TSB Ketch sent me about their current paint systems! Apparently things are much thinner these days than on my Crown Vics.

There is probably some variation between manufacturers.

IME...so much so that there`s no way to make a blanket statement generalizing it.

I have to know if I am even removing 1/2 of a 1 micron of the Clearcoat..
I don`t ever want to hurt anyone`s paintwork..

I`ve always been impressed by how careful you are about how much you take off.

The one thing I wonder about is how you do significant correction without removing much. A fingernail scratch behind a door handle will require a *LOT* of removal to get the surrounding area down that far, even a "typical swirlmark" will take a few microns IME. Which is why I go utterly when somebody says the "couldn`t feel it with their fingernail" (as do you I`m sure). I mean...I`ve measured over and over when correcting a given area and the marring has always been a few microns deep unless we`re talking something like holograms or micromarring.

[Mike lambert]

The total amount of clear is not the issue with sanding factory clear. The UV protection is in the top .5 mils. That is the problem. Remove that and then you risk failure. I do think the car does look good, but I’d hate to be the guy that buys it when you sell it!

[wannafbody]

."" It`s easy to do on edges""

This is the reason the - edge - of any pad especially, and the rest of the pad never hits an edge, period...
There will never be a reason to touch an edge with any machine in the first place.. I correct, etc., close to them, but never, ever, hit that edge with the machine..
How many edges have you ever seen that were needing correction..
Of all the places on auto paintwork that have the - Least - amount of primer, sealer, paint, clear, it will always be - All - the edges..
Perhaps your guy just had a moment.. Sorry it had to happen..
Dan F

Luckily it was his truck and not a customers.

[GonzoBernelli]

The month of May has not been kind to "The Gonz". First the panel aft of the passenger door (in the concave section just below the window) got hammered by some YUTZ in a truck while I was in Kroger getting cat food. Put a dent the size of a quarter AND cut through clear coat, the color layer and primer and revealed some aluminum body panel. Thursday I got slammed in rear bumper (body work remains pristine) by a ZITT who did not wait for my car to clear the corner at a STOP sign before proceeding. How do these IDIOTS ever get a drivers license in the first place???

[Accumulator]

GonzoBernelli- Oh man, that`s just awful! I sure hope your luck improves soon.