Re: Stongard on paint (min. Audi content)

[jafo@tummy.com]

I've got this stuff back at home that I'm going to be applying to the A4
when it gets a bit warmer...  I got it at a local auto paint place -- it's
clear and I forget what it's called...  You've all probably seen an
ancestor of it's though.  On many cars, the very lower painted surfaces
are usually kind of "rippled".  It's a ruberized backing they spray on
before doing the painting.  Used to be that it was only available in 
black...

The theory (and in my experience it's true) is that the rubber adds
padding so that the paint flexes instead of being scraped off.
However, they now have it available in clear.  I got this big can
of the stuff for $20.  I put it on my Subaru and left it there for
about 2 years before I sold it.  I would doubt there is ANY way
to get it off.  Total coverage for it was about 3" along the front
of the hood.

>From a distance it was invisible, but up closer it was obvious.  I had
problems on the Subaru (brown metalic) with wax buildup at the line
where the coating was.

My girlfriend at the time I applied it to my car had a brand new VW, and
I offered to do it for her (she had some chips already -- it was about
a year old).  She was rabid about me not doing it.  After I applied it
to the Subaru, and pointed out the chips in her hood, she let me apply
it to hers.  We sold the car about a year later.

It's worked VERY well so far, but no REALLY long term testing.  The VW
was silver, and probably wouldn't have been noticable if it faded.

Enjoy,
Sean
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