can paint be fixed?

[tvman]

New here. Anyone know what thee marks on my paint could be? Can it be fixed without repainting? Thanks.

[zmcgovern45]

That is what we call clear coat failure... you need to have that repainted.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/hot-topics-frequently-asked-questions/19985-clearcoat-failure-photo-gallery-archive.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/hot-topics-frequently-asked-questions/29197-beginning-clearcoat-failure.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/hot-topics-frequently-asked-questions/40855-clearcoat-fracturing-versus-clearcoat-failure.html


Next time, be sure to keep your paint protected with a sealant or wax and you can avoid damage like this.

[tvman]

It had isolated areas when I first bought it, but it's gotten worse. Thank you for your response.

[BlackHawk]

^^story of my life. I bought my eclipse with a small spot on the roof which later was actually clear coat failure. Spread so badly I decided to vinyl wrap my roof. And now i see a spot on my trunk hatch.....which is killing me. I'm going to probably plasti dip in the future with black + glossifier.

Anyways sorry for my personal rant lol. If its only your trunk and hood I'd look into vinyl wraps and plasti dip if money is tight.

[zmcgovern45]

^^story of my life. I bought my eclipse with a small spot on the roof which later was actually clear coat failure. Spread so badly I decided to vinyl wrap my roof. And now i see a spot on my trunk hatch.....which is killing me. I'm going to probably plasti dip in the future with black + glossifier.

Anyways sorry for my personal rant lol. If its only your trunk and hood I'd look into vinyl wraps and plasti dip if money is tight.

I've noticed this is a huge issue on the vast majority of eclipses... wonder if it just coincidence and I just happen to see a lot of them with CC failure, or if it is a true manufacturing defect.

[sjb89]

That needs to be stripped to bare metal, primed, and painted. You can't paint over that mess. It will haunt you.

[Mike Phillips]

New here. Anyone know what thee marks on my paint could be? Can it be fixed without repainting? Thanks.


Like Zach posted, that paint is done, stick a fork in it.


This is the sad thing about "modern" science. When a clear coat finish fails, there's really nothing you can do about it. The biggest problem I've seen over the years is the car in question is still mechanically sound with plenty of service life left to go.

The value of the car however is not high enough to justify a new paint job which realistically will cost a couple of thousand dollars on the low end not including the Maaco's and Earl Sheib type paint job.

So the owner of the car with clear coat failure is stuck driving around a mechanically sound car that looks like it has a bad rash and this can be embarrassing or awkward in some situation.


A single stage paint job on the other hand doesn't suffer the problem of clear coat failure, instead it SIMPLY oxidizes. And here's the good news... you can fix oxidation. We recently had a forum member bring the original paint back from the dead to a brand new life in this thread.

1967 Chevy Camaro - Restoration Detail - Original Paint (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/67652-1967-chevy-camaro-restoration-detail-original-paint.html)



Just goes to show what can and what cannot be done depending upon the type of paint your car has. The paint on the above Camaro is 46 years old.

I have an article on this too...


The practical differences between single stage paints and a clear coat paints (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/hot-topics-frequently-asked-questions/21924-practical-differences-between-single-stage-paints-clear-coat-paints.html)



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