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    Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    I figured this had to be a topic on here somewhere but 15 minutes of searching didn't turn up anything definitive.

    I've got a car with a clear bra on the nose and it has lots of little pieces of the film scattered about the wheel wells, door sills, and mirrors. I'm about to coat it. I'm using McKee's coating if you have to know. Do I just run the coating up to the edge of the clear bra part or do I just coat the whole darn car (including the clear bra)?

    You guys are always terrific (well, almost always )

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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    You can coat the film if you want. The coating goes on clear anyway.

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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    Coat it. Most coatings contain some UV protection too.

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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    Seems like it would be easier to coat everything. Trying to work up to the edges of all those little bits would be a royal pain.

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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    By all means, coat it.

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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    Yeah, dump it on all of it.

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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    Before applying this Coating, it is crucial
    (McKee’s 37 wording, not mine) that painted
    surfaces should first be polished with McKee's
    37 Coating Prep Polish.

    Are you willing to do this “prep-step”
    on your brand of Clear Bra/PPF?


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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    Quote Originally Posted by FUNX650 View Post
    Before applying this Coating, it is crucial
    (McKee’s 37 wording, not mine) that painted
    surfaces should first be polished with McKee's
    37 Coating Prep Polish.

    Are you willing to do this “prep-step”
    on your brand of Clear Bra/PPF?


    Bob
    $#%^ it Bob!!! Why did you have to go and read the instructions? Nope, I'm not attacking the PPF with that polish. Unless I get better advice between now and Saturday, we're all going to find out how it turns out.

    Bill

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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    Attack would be a strong word. You could wipe the prep polish on by hand. There are other ways to clean it also.

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    Re: Coatings and Clear Bras - coat them or not?

    Yes. Just very lightly go over it with polish and any prep-spray as you would the rest of the car. Perfectly fine to coat it. Most quality PPF's have a clear coat layer.
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