Intentionally soft clear coat?

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Scottwax

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I waxed a 44' coach today and noticed the paint seemed almost rubberized. If you pushed your thumbnail into it, there is some actual 'give' in it. Seemed to clean up just fine though, had to use #80 Speed Glaze on the front to clean it up after washing all the bug guts off. Waxed it with Poorboy's EX w/Carnauba and it shined real nice, so the paint otherwise acts normal.



Anyone else run across this or know anything about it?
 
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Flexathene® Thermoplastic Polyolefin’s:

Are polymerised; this technology incorporates the ethylene-propylene rubber on a molecular level, to give an excellent balance of key properties such as impact strength and stiffness, and are used mainly for aerodynamic spoilers and wings. The paint used usually contains an elastimeric additive (flex agents) to ensure its flexibility is maintained and to prevent ‘spider web’ stress cracking



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AdvonspaanDC5 said:
maybe it's some sort of anti chipping technology. i dunno just speculating
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Yeah, I figured it was something like that since it probably costs a fortune to repaint a bus, I just have never seen paint like that though. The last 5 buses he had weren't like that. Just something new and wondered if anyone knew more about it.
 
German cars have that. A more elastic clear coat so it will be more suseptible to swirls, but it will give a little when hit by a rock. Odd they put it on a bus though....
 
boostdfd3s said:
German cars have that. A more elastic clear coat so it will be more suseptible to swirls, but it will give a little when hit by a rock. Odd they put it on a bus though....
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This seems even softer than German automotive paint. It seems almost like a hard rubber. You can push your fingernail into it and it feel the paint give.
 
:nixweiss As for Audi clear, I find it to be rather hard, so much so that few of the slightest marring will respond to polishing by hand, a lengthly period of time with a PC may be necessary. Any substantial scratches I'm sure would need a rotary
 
bjwebster said:
Was the paint this soft on the whole entire "coach", or just some of the areas?
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I only noticed it on the front of the bus. I understand the reasoning behind it, I've just never come across it before and just wanted more information about it. The owner seemed suprised about it too.
 
itsi cold enron i think its s soft paint that will actuly heal its self its used on semi and air damns of varios cars it verry soft wont chip ect and its not to expenisve
 
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