Long Term Car Care

**11Silverado** · 01-05-2016, 09:16 PM

I take as much care as I can washing using a foam cannon and everything. I park away from cars and it doesn't get driven much, it's a 2011 with 21.5k miles. I appreciate the response and I should be able to have a better understand of how much clear coat is removed when I get a thickness gauge.

**Setec Astronomy** · 01-05-2016, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by 11Silverado

I should be able to have a better understand of how much clear coat is removed when I get a thickness gauge.

HighLine Meter Paint Thickness Gauge 2nd Generation

**11Silverado** · 01-05-2016, 09:35 PM

I've got that one on my wishlist. Thank you!

**7PaintGuns** · 01-05-2016, 09:37 PM

Does AG not sell a simple magnetic thickness gauge?

**Setec Astronomy** · 01-05-2016, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by 7PaintGuns

Does AG not sell a simple magnetic thickness gauge?

I think they do but that would be pretty useless for the OP who's trying to see how many microns he's removing.

**7PaintGuns** · 01-05-2016, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

I think they do but that would be pretty useless for the OP who's trying to see how many microns he's removing.

I can understand that for one correction but wouldn't you think it would help with the long term ownership of the vehicle or just not accurate enough?

**Setec Astronomy** · 01-05-2016, 09:54 PM

I just don't think the magnetic ones have the accuracy or the resolution to determine how much clear you're removing. Heck, even the eddy-current ones have a hard time giving repeatable readings.

From the OP's perspective, he doesn't want to jeopardize his clear...which means if it's factory he has maybe 2 mils, and he doesn't want to remove more than 0.5 mils over the life of the vehicle...I'm guessing that magnetic gage doesn't have a resolution of greater than 1 mil...so he's going to want to use the full resolution of a gage like the HighLine, which IIRC is 0.2 mils.