Hey everyone,
I have a 1999 Metalic green Ford F-150. Today after I was checking out a bird bomb on the upper door (above and around the drivers side glass) what appears to be clearcoat failure on the roof of my truck. The paint is cloudy/milky looking and is not yet flaking off. I read Mike P's thread
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/sho...arcoat+failure
It looks to me to be from the picture references the beginings of Clearcoat failure. This truck is 10 years old and the roof is the only place I see this happening. I understand that this is only fixable with a repaint but I don't want to have to take it to a body shop just to fix the roofs clear. My main question is if I decide to paint it myself do I need to sand the clear completely off in the affected area and respray with clear or should I sand off the entire roof area then re-clear the entire thing. Again this is on the roof and is not really seen unless you stand on the tube steps or the door sill.Also I know that the gloss comes from the clear but should I buff out the sanding marks before I clear or would it be ok to clear over the sanding marks as the would be in the color coat. Just looking for some advise in this matter. The entire roof is about 4x5 feet and the affected area is about a 2x2 foot area. I was thinking more on the lines of sanding and re-clearing the entire roof area to avoid any possible future failure of the clearcoat. Thanks in advance for any information everyone could provide me with.
Andrew
I have a 1999 Metalic green Ford F-150. Today after I was checking out a bird bomb on the upper door (above and around the drivers side glass) what appears to be clearcoat failure on the roof of my truck. The paint is cloudy/milky looking and is not yet flaking off. I read Mike P's thread
http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/sho...arcoat+failure
It looks to me to be from the picture references the beginings of Clearcoat failure. This truck is 10 years old and the roof is the only place I see this happening. I understand that this is only fixable with a repaint but I don't want to have to take it to a body shop just to fix the roofs clear. My main question is if I decide to paint it myself do I need to sand the clear completely off in the affected area and respray with clear or should I sand off the entire roof area then re-clear the entire thing. Again this is on the roof and is not really seen unless you stand on the tube steps or the door sill.Also I know that the gloss comes from the clear but should I buff out the sanding marks before I clear or would it be ok to clear over the sanding marks as the would be in the color coat. Just looking for some advise in this matter. The entire roof is about 4x5 feet and the affected area is about a 2x2 foot area. I was thinking more on the lines of sanding and re-clearing the entire roof area to avoid any possible future failure of the clearcoat. Thanks in advance for any information everyone could provide me with.
Andrew
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