removed clear coat!

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I finished removing my stripes from the sides of the car. (These were stickers) So I take out 2 hair dryers and extention cords and start heating up my unwanted stripes. They peeled off easy enough with the heaters. So now I am left with a sticky residue to remove with goo-gone. I follow the directions and it doesent work with 2 applications. It did not dissolve the residue. I then get a little more agressive by pressing with goo-gone soaked corner of my terry, then again pressing with the dry side of the towel. It starts working perfect, taking off the residue. I ended with the most sticky section left by the stripe. This stubborn line about 10 in. long would not go away. I rubbed extra hard to get it off. The residue got off for the most part but my clear coat went with it!! What can I do?
 
What a nightmare. If the clear is gone, the only obvious option is to re-paint. This happened to me on my Gibson guitar. I had some stickers on the back, and at my old job we sold this stuff called "Sticker-off". I used it on the whole back of the guitar to remove the sticker goo, and the clearcoat = bye-bye. :(
 
It is not on the whole car, just a 10-12 in section where the paint seems unusually dry and non-reflective. I hope that when I clay/#82/polish/wax it will look more like the surrounding paint. It is not horrible, but I DEFINITLY want to fix it. What can I do?
 
I'm not the world's end-all authority on automotive paint, but I seriously doubt that you removed your clear coat just using goo-gone and a towel. Just because your paint looks dry and dull does not mean your clear coat is gone. You have most likely just stripped off all wax or whatever else you had on your paint.



Try this test: rub the area where you removed the pinstripes with any cleaner wax or polish. If you get color transfer from your car to the applicator, then you indeed have no clear coat on this section. Also be sure to try this test on another area of your car, just to make sure that your car had a clear coat in the first place. My black 1995 Nissan 200SX didn't have a clear coat, for whatever reason, and when the wax was stripped it looked just like how you described: unusually dry and non-reflective.
 
My black 1995 Nissan 200SX didn't have a clear coat, for whatever reason
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There are still some advantages of SS Paint ocer CC and several brands still use them...especially white and black (most notably Lexus black, until recently has been SS)
 
A Nissan body man told me that black was the only color that wasn't clear coated for the '95 200SX.
 
Are you sure the car has clearcoat? I thought my 98 Milano Red Integra had cc but it doesn't.

The area that does not shine much mich just have been lightly scratched/marred with the towel.



Try taking a mild polish on a towel to a couple diffrent spots on the car and see if you get color transfer.
 
I waxed it a little with rain dance liquid, it made the non-shine go away.:up

edit: the very fine outline of the sticker is still there, I think it will dissapear when I wash/clay/SFP/polish/wax it.
 
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