Optimum Poli-Seal Consistency?

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RoyD

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I need some help. I have a 85 bright red Corvette. I have had the car since last January. About three months ago I started having paint problems. When it rains, or if I wet the car with a hose, I get white milky spots on the paint. They show up the worst on the hood. After the cars sits in the garage for a few days, or sits in the sun, the spots will disappear, but they can not be washed, or waxed, away. I started having this problem after using a product called 88 Carbosol Systems Fast Wax, which contains carnauba wax. (www.fastwax.com) This probably had nothing to do with my problem, but I thought I would mention it. I have a very bright finish, with no fading. I'm not sure if it is original paint, but I suspect that the car has been repainted. Is there anything I can seal the paint with, to stop the water from penetrating and spotting?

Thanks for you help.
 
I had the same problem on a Probe GT I had in 1995. Only on the hatch. I found out that the car had been damaged at the factory and the hatch repainted.



When it rained, I would have milky spots that would eventually disappear. I could not aleviate the problem with any wax.



I think it is water absorbing into the paint, then evaporating later. I would attribute this to soft paint with no clearcoat.



To fix this, I would think you may want to get your car coated with a clearcoat.



I would do that since, if water is able to penetrate the paint, anything that the water contains could seep into the paint and remain there when the water evaporates.



FYI. I found out that when a new car is damaged and repaired at the factory, it is not required that the dealer inform you. I found out mine had been damaged by having the dealer print out the complete maintenance record for my car.



Hope this helps.



Brian
 
Roy,



I got your email on the same subject, and I have not seen this problem before. I suspect the car has been repainted, and you are experiencing a paint failure problem.



In my limited experience painting fiberglass bodies, painters use heavy primer products to fill pin holes. If these products are not used properly, I can see how it might cause bleed-through problems.



I highly recommend that you find a professional Vette painter in your area and ask if they have seen the problem before. I would also recommend that you strip the wax products, using PPCL or P21S PCL and apply a sealant: BLACKFIRE, Zaino or Klasse. It could very well be that your paint is reacting to the oils in the wax you used.



Regards,

David
 
I picked up my 32oz PoliSeal I've not got around to using yet and opened the lid to see what it looked like. It was definitely separated and yellow, clumpy material was all I could see.

I shook the container for a good minute before it no longer felt separated (was very watery/sloshy). In fact now when you shake it you feel nothing. It's incredibly thick!

So, my question to you folks is what is PoliSeal's consistency like? I'm sure it's fine, though it seems that once shaken up the 32oz container only about half full? Did something evaporate off? I've had it about a year and a half.

Container + product weight = 31 ounces. It seems something evaporated off or I got shorted? All my polishes/compounds/waxes/etc stay inside in a controlled air conditioned environment to prevent excess heat or cool temperatures from doing weird things to products.

In fact, it's so thick I can make it 'stand' from the container.

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