clear coat hardness

[Alexandre]

Do you know if Honda Civic 8th generation has a hard or soft clear coat?

what about other dealers? How do I know that?

[jfelbab]

Re: clear coat hardness

All the Honda's I've worked on have pretty soft clear.

[yalerd]

Re: clear coat hardness

I've worked on a Civic, don't know about the gen version but the paint was easy to polish.

This is the detail I did, maybe it can help 2007 Honda Civic.

One thing that I need to say, if you look at the process I just used some products because they were new at the moment like the old version of M105 and D151 and I wanted to test them out. Maybe you don't need to go as aggressive as M105. Start with the least aggressive method

[MirandaAutoSpa]

Re: clear coat hardness

is there any reference materials to look at to determine clear coat hardness of certian vehicles?

[Shawn T.]

Re: clear coat hardness

Its basically trial and error with that stuff. My mom's Honda Civic (2003) has a pretty soft clear coat as I was able to polish out a section perfectly with UC followed by Swirlx. My Mini Cooper S on the other hand has hard as nails paint. I tried UC again today with 4 applications and a foam applicator and still swirls are glaring at me. Thats why I am getting a G110V2 soon.

Eventually after hearing and seeing enough, you can pick up what automakers have hard or soft clear coats.