cliffdiver86

I recently bought a 98 camaro painted dark blue, Im a ford guy but the price was too good to pass up.

Anyways the clear coat bubbled off the drivers side of the car, do i need to get it repainted or could i sand it down and just re-clear it?

NnOoSsSs

iTrader: (1)

I hope the car wins you over from the dark side : ) haha. Depends on what kind of state the paint is in, most of the times you can just reclear with no problem. Might as well try that before going for a repaint

cliffdiver86

Haha we shall see. The paint is in pretty decent condition-no scratches, or chips just the clear coat flaking off. Ill try wet sanding and reclearing it-thanks!

bwkmaro

if you sand the base coat and it has matallics in it that spot will stand out like a sore thumb. if its just a solid color you can but you should re-color the spot

67goatman455

iTrader: (14)

if its flaking off, then the rough edges need sanded back to be smooth. since the base coat is very thin, you will sand down to sealer extremely quick.

cliffdiver86

Ah thats a huge help-its a dark metallic blue haha. Guess ill be swinging by the body shop and see what they would charge to do it

JohnS Z28

iTrader: (1)

Body shop won't do it, well they might. But it'll look awful, and peel again sooner or later, Your options for peeling clear coat are basically deal with it or repaint the whole panel/car

67goatman455

iTrader: (14)

I think he meant have them do it correctly. I doubt they would do it incorrectly on purpose.

PrplTA01

iTrader: (1)

Exactly!! This is fairly an easy fix, but to be done right the whole panel will have to be re-cleared and base shot back on it in the spots, if it is close to an adjacent panel, then most likely will have to blend onto that adjacent panel.. Since metallics are hard to butt match.

Marc3.4V6

iTrader: (1)

The clear is compromised and must be removed entirely on that panel, even the edges of the panel. It cannot be feathered. It's not possible to take off the clear without going through basecoat unless you don't mind spending 5 days straight, per panel, hand sanding the clear with 800, where you will still sand through a little anyway. Strip it, prime, and re-paint it. It's the only way.

cliffdiver86

Hmmm going to give it a shot, worst case scenario it doesnt work, ill sand the whole car down and respray it satin black