I Screwed up. Again. Clear coat failure.

**Accumulator** · 04-18-2016, 11:49 AM

Sorry, but not all that surprised, to hear about this. IMO we here at Autopia put *far* too little emphasis on the need for clear to remain THICK. Even had this not turned into such an obvious/catastrophic failure, IMO it would`ve failed pretty soon anyhow since thin clear is extremely vulnerable to, well...pretty much everything that can damage paint.

It`s *NOT* just about strike-throughs, it`s about a few microns too many.

**alext72888** · 04-19-2016, 10:36 AM

UPDATE:

So I went to the guy who fixed spot fixed the other chip I had and he said I just ate into the clear coat blending agent he used to spot fix the other chip.

SO essentially, there is still clear coat in that spot, its just factory clear coat, not the one he used.

Final Verdict. I`m going to leave it alone and just put a clear bra over it. It really doesn`t look bad, and barely noticeable. With the clear bra the reflection difference will be covered and I can prevent future chips.

**Accumulator** · 04-19-2016, 10:44 AM

alext72888- Aj, that sounds like good news. Yeah, gotta go *very* easy on any blended/repaired areas. I bet that after a while even *you* won`t notice it.

**alext72888** · 04-19-2016, 01:07 PM

A quick question for everyone here before I make a new thread. If I put a clear bra over this, will it stop the size "spread" of the clear coat spot? I understand now that this is inevitable, especially since it was a clear coat blend, and not a total hood clear. Thanks.

**Accumulator** · 04-20-2016, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by alext72888

A quick question for everyone here before I make a new thread. If I put a clear bra over this, will it stop the size "spread" of the clear coat spot?

I dunno if anybody`s crystal ball is reliable enough for you to get a good answer on that one.

You *do* plan to completely PPF the blended area, right?

While I`ve had panels clearcoat-blended even after such practices were rendered unfeasible (I`ve been told by numerous sources that the newer clears aren`t supposed to be used that way) and I`ve never had any problems, I do find it odd that they`d do that on a hood instead of just reclearing the whole thing.