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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Sep 12, 2009 7:25 pm) This is why I'm really against any heavy buffing of a clear coat car---once you break the clear coat barrier, you can't just repair the top coat---you have to do both clear coat and color coat together. |
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Sep 12, 2009 3:05 pm) I would think an improper repaint and clearcoat application. I had some clearcoat failure on used Nissan Altima I had. I bought a small bottle of clearcoat, scraped off the clearcoat that was loose, and used the liquid clearcoat to seal along the border that was breaking down. Seemed to work fairly well.
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Replying to: jipster (Sep 15, 2009 6:37 pm) I probably haven't noticed cars that have small areas of failure. What I've seen are cars that have large areas (several square feet) where the clearcoat seems to be sloughing off either in one spot or several spots on one panel (like the hood). Makes an otherwise attractive car look bad. I figured that sunlight was the main culprit but I was wondering if there was anything special I could do to ward off premature failure. Maybe I'll wrap my cars in plastic like they used to do with living room furniture. 
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Sep 16, 2009 9:28 am) Parking it in the garage usually works too.  I thought you were describing catastrophic failure of the clearcoat. When reading Jipster's reply was beginning to question my reading ability. Glad it wasn't me. 
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Replying to: obyone (Sep 16, 2009 1:09 pm) Maybe it's your poor grammar you should be questioning? 
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I've never had such rotten luck as with my '03 Nissan Maxima. I've got 5 or six decent size rubs in the rear bumper, two on the passenger door and 3 bad spots on the front clip. I did good prep, got them cleaned up with 1500 and 2000 grit. But I absolutely could not get either paint on without horrible looking brush marks. I tried both the Nissan 1/2 oz bottle and a 2 oz bottle mixed for me by a local shop. I tried both the brushes that came in the lids and a very fine brush (stolen) from my wife (artist type) supply, no luck with either one. Really hacked me off because I was doing my car and her Lexus at the same time and her car looks great. I broke down today and ordered a 12oz aerosol can online from one of the touch up suppliers but thought I'd better check in here in case there's something I'm missing. The color is "Titanium", Nissan code WV2, kind of a dark grey (ish) metallic. I've done touch up on 3 other "silver" toned cars, Chevy, BMW and Lincoln and had much better results than this. Any advice? Thanks in advance. easypar
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Replying to: easypar (Nov 06, 2009 1:40 pm) |
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Replying to: easypar (Nov 06, 2009 1:40 pm) |
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I have a mustang with a low hanging front facia (black) that is scrapped (hit a concrete parking space block). It has a few minor gouges and scraps. I'd like to avoid taking it into the shop, so can it be fixed by hand?
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Replying to: hammer2000 (Nov 12, 2009 9:54 am) If there are any serious cracks, that's a big problem. You should also price out a new piece and compare that to all the hassle. |
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