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I have a 94 Mazda Protege' and the clear coat is wearing off of the hood and trunk. Is there anything I can do to fix this myself?
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Re: Wetsanding to remove clearcoat?
The panels need to be refinished. -
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It is some what like loosing a big thick piece of your skin, It needs fresh layers sprayed over a new base coat.Comment
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Re: Wetsanding to remove clearcoat?
Since this is your first post to our forum, welcome to Meguiar's Online!
This question comes up fairly often and we always hate to be the bearer of bad news but the only honest fix is to either repaint the affected panels or repaint the entire car.Originally posted by Tee View Post
We keep a photo archive on the forum just to help people identify the actual problem and differentiate it from oxidation like you get with a single stage paint job.
The Clearcoat Failure Photo Archive
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Re: Wetsanding to remove clearcoat?
It's a pity ,it's the hood and trunk(requiring full panel resprays),if it was the sides they can be blended,not perfect,but difficult to notice.
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Re: Wetsanding to remove clearcoat?
Thanks for the responses. I looked at the clearcoat pictures and my car looks exactly like those in the pictures. If I'm not mistaken there was a picture of 94 mazda protege' with the exact color as mine. Because the clear coat was looking so bad, I used a scraper to try to remove some of it which took off a little of the paint. The roof of the car starting to peeli first and now the clear coat is just about gone because I scraped most of it off.
I'm still a little confused as to exactly what wet sanding does? It would be nice if they something to at least remove the clear coat when it starts to come off. Why does the clear coat start to peel? Just from the age of the car?? Also, would getting a single coat paint job be worth it? I found a guy online that does these. He said that the clear coat is mixed in with the paint. I really don't want to spend a whole lot on a paint job since the car is 15 years old.
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