Clearcoat Problem
Discussion
Received a second hand bonnet which I bought online and there was a label someone has put on there but when I took the label off it took a 3" square of clearcoat with it! No idea why they were using those types of stickers on paint but whats my options here, obviously respraying the whole bonnet isn't viable, any idea how to sort this? Yes I can return it but its a hassle
I am guessing leaving it will just end up with laquer peeling eventually?
I am guessing leaving it will just end up with laquer peeling eventually?
That's a shame. It's only an old focus so if respray is the only option may just get another bonnet as will be a lot cheaper.
Have seen some videos of people sanding and respraying the clear coat. If I might have to replace the bonnet anyway may give that a try.
Thank you for the reply
Have seen some videos of people sanding and respraying the clear coat. If I might have to replace the bonnet anyway may give that a try.
Thank you for the reply
Was thinking something like this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaga2RYllvE
I had a search after posting on here and that came up, worth doing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaga2RYllvE
I had a search after posting on here and that came up, worth doing?
No residue, it just took the clear coat off and some of the paint layer, I have now sanded and clearcoated, just waiting for it to dry and will sand back and polish.
It looks ok but you can see where the square was as the paint is a bit lighter where some was taken off, however it looks a lot better than it did and will be protected, if left in a few months that clearcoat would be peeling so overall its not ideal but better than leaving it
I will post back when its completely done and polished
It looks ok but you can see where the square was as the paint is a bit lighter where some was taken off, however it looks a lot better than it did and will be protected, if left in a few months that clearcoat would be peeling so overall its not ideal but better than leaving it
I will post back when its completely done and polished
Jonj1 said:
Haven't got any pics yet but it came out "ok". The clearcoat is perfect but you can see the square where part of the paint layer was taken off so it looks like a slightly different shade of red. But overall clearcoat has been blended and is seemless so can't complain
Don't suppose you've got any pics of this repair have you? I have a small (about the size of a 5 pence coin) blob of lacquer peel on my front bumper and I'm planning on attempting the repair as shown in the YouTube video. I'm not expecting a factory-fresh finish - mainly I don't want it to spread. Just wondering what yours looks like Images below, it was ok, it was enough for me to get away with, only thing was I treated that rust spot in the original photo with Hydrate 80 and forgot to touch up with the car colour and only realised when I sprayed the top coat which is why there is a dark mark in the picture!
I think it will depend heavily on the colour of your car, on mine if I was to do it again I would do exactly like they did in the video but would have sprayed the exposed area with the correct colour paint and sanded/blended that in because as it stands if you look closely the red that the clearcoat had come off of is a slightly different colour.
As I said in that video that person didn't have any of the red base colour coming off where for me it was dripping on the floor, not sure why that was but still.
Anyway good luck For me it did the job and unless you are really looking you wouldn't be able to tell.
I think it will depend heavily on the colour of your car, on mine if I was to do it again I would do exactly like they did in the video but would have sprayed the exposed area with the correct colour paint and sanded/blended that in because as it stands if you look closely the red that the clearcoat had come off of is a slightly different colour.
As I said in that video that person didn't have any of the red base colour coming off where for me it was dripping on the floor, not sure why that was but still.
Anyway good luck
For me it did the job and unless you are really looking you wouldn't be able to tell.That was quick, thanks! Took me a minute to spot it, that's a pretty good effort! As you say, the main thing is stopping it spreading. My car is black, and I can live with it being noticeable if you're scrutinising it, I just don't want it to A) stick out like a sore thumb and B) spread.
Will post my results here
Will post my results here
They say with clearcoat lifting etc you should have the whole panel resprayed but for some like me that just wasn't feasible, I didn't have the money to have that done so this was the next best thing, it has stopped the spreading which is my main concern, on my car the clear coat is coming off in various places so also did the rear bumper at the sides and that turned out not too bad.
Yeah pretty much, sanded then made sure it was dry, used a tack cloth to make sure nothing was on it and put on several light coats of clearcoat leaving about 10/15 minutes between each coat, then a couple of thicker ones and the wet coat.
I didn't bother sanding it afterwards like he done in that video as thought it looked ok, next day I polished it.
It's actually ok to be fair, for the cost of a can of clearcoat and some sandpaper it was acceptable.
Yeah pretty much, sanded then made sure it was dry, used a tack cloth to make sure nothing was on it and put on several light coats of clearcoat leaving about 10/15 minutes between each coat, then a couple of thicker ones and the wet coat.
I didn't bother sanding it afterwards like he done in that video as thought it looked ok, next day I polished it.
It's actually ok to be fair, for the cost of a can of clearcoat and some sandpaper it was acceptable.
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