Look I'm confused what is this?

[ecoautospa]

hey everyone

I was working on this 2006 Honda Accord Cpe Black Daily Driver, I have cleaned the vehicle waterless wash, clay bar, and compound medium and these white specs are still there, i have done multiple passes with compound using PC 7424xp and a CG orange cutting hex cutting pad. How do i remove these? do i need to wet sand it?

thanks
Ace

[andrewbmw]

That looks like a crappy respray paint job. The paint is cracking and the white stuff is compound in the cracks. From my experience there is nothing to do besides a respray. Can you feel all those little cracks with your finger nail?

[Dellinger]

Crow's Feet... a type of clear coat failure. You are not going to remove that.

Is that on the hood?

My families '02 Honda has the same thing on the hood (Nighthawk Black Pearl).

[ecoautospa]

yes hood. its pretty smooth. i can barely feel it with my nail

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Crow's Feet... a type of clear coat failure. You are not going to remove that.

Agreed.

Only a re spray will fix that problem.

[Evan.J]

Honda paint is notorious for crows feet. As others have said it will be a repaint.

[Desertnate]

I had a '99 Subaru Outback that had that as well along the roof line just below the side rails for the roof rack. The car was neglected for quite some time before we bought it.

Would a glaze like Black Hole hide it a bit?

[wdmaccord]

Have the same thing on my black 2003 Honda Accord. Mainly on the hood. Nothing you can do other than repaint or live with it. Funny thing is, I didn't even know they were there until AFTER I polished. I chose to live with it since I handed it down to my teenage daughter.

[EXTJosh]

hey everyone

I was working on this 2006 Honda Accord Cpe Black Daily Driver, I have cleaned the vehicle waterless wash, clay bar, and compound medium and these white specs are still there, i have done multiple passes with compound using PC 7424xp and a CG orange cutting hex cutting pad.

I'm curious...at what point during the wash/clay/compound process did you notice these?

[Mike Phillips]

It's called Crows Feet or Lacquer Checking or Lacquer Cracking.


In the old days, lacquer paints would do this over time. Paint has to expand when the underlying panel heats up and contract when temperatures get low.

Paint is supposed to be a semi-flexible coating and when it doesn't flex or stretch and contract it cracks.

I've read it can have something to do with the reducers used too, at least as it relates to lacquer paints in the old days.

I know Hondas have had this problem with this specific paint because I owned a Honda Pilot in this color and it had this problem.

This was taken at my house in the Mojave Desert...