clear coat repair

[bob terwilliger]

One brand of the little rechargeable bottles is "Preval". Be careful with FLAPS spray cans as alot are lacquer paint that may wrinkle if you cover with an enamel clear.  Safest bet is to get enamel-based colour coat (if needed), clearcoat, activator and reducer from one manufacturer-mix according to the ratios on the cans and spray with a Preval-type unit. (DuPont Centauri is a decent paint that's cheap and widely available).  It's more expensive than using the FLAPS cans but if you take your time and are careful, you can get a well matched result.  Mask everything well and don't be afraid to wet-sand when you are done. Give the paint/clear at least a few days to cure first-it will feel dry to the touch but still be soft underneath the surface skin.  Orange peel is easier to deal with than wrinkling from poor adhesion and incompatibility.
   
  John

Kevin Smith <kevins9 at cox.net> wrote:
  Carefully wet sand the area with 600 grit sandpaper to get rid of the
peeling/bubbling areas as best you can, without sanding through the basecoat
(color coat), and then you can re-spray clear-coat over it in several light
mist coats to seal it. After it has had time to cure (wait a day or two),
lightly wet sand it again with 1000 grit to smooth it out, without going
through the clear-coat, and then buff it with buffing compound and an
electric buffer (or by hand if you can put enough elbow grease into it). You
should be good to go after that. 

You may have to chip away the bubbled/cracked clear-coat first, to get rid
of the largest area that is no longer adhered to the paint underneath, just
be careful not to go through the paint itself if you can avoid it. If the
paint is cracked/damaged as well, you can always sand the entire area down
through the worst of the paint damage, then spray some of the factory body
color on that area, and then wet sand and clear-coat over that. You should
be able to get small bottles of factory color, and clear-coat at any paint &
body supply shop, or even at auto parts stores. They usually sell paint jars
with brushes for minor dings, pen tipped bottles for dings/scrapes, and
sometimes the spray bottles. If you can't find a spray type, you can get the
jar paint and mix it in one of those little rechargeable spray bottles, and
do it that way. 

Good Luck.


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From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Jason Kohls


I think I know the answer to this but is it possible to repair
clearcoat peels without stripping down and respraying the body
entirely? I've read that people have had success with spraying
clearcoat in a container and applying several coats carefully but they
never mentioned the size/extent of the damage.
I have a good quarter-sized bubble that's split down the center on the
front left bumper cover and a nice 1x2 inch gash on the roof near the
antennae and I'd like to seal them as best as I can. I'm not
expecting a miracle -- I'd just like to prevent further damage and
keep the paint underneath safe from the elements.

TIA! 

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