"fixed" some clear
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Staging Lane
Joined: Sep 2005
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"fixed" some clear Ok, fixed is the wrong word but this looks way better than it did. I'd like to get another year out of my original paint job before doing the whole thing from the ground up. I have some flaking on the top of my drivers side door and it's very noticeable from any distance. This is unacceptable for me:
So I took a razor to it:
Then used the turtle wax black box on the whole car:
This is acceptable:
The craptastic clear peeling area is mostly hidden. It was visible from 20 or 30 feet, now it's visible at about 8 or 10. I probably could have done something better, but this is good enough for me for now. New paint job is about a year out anyways. The black box did a nice job of bringing out the shine, equivalent to the meguires 4 step but in less time.
I thought about wet sanding and buffing the whole area, but I didn't want to risk burning through the paint since there is no clear in that area now. Most of the paint is GM original from 94 except the hood, front and rear bumpers which have been replaced. I think it looks pretty nice for 195k miles.
So I took a razor to it:
Then used the turtle wax black box on the whole car:
This is acceptable:
The craptastic clear peeling area is mostly hidden. It was visible from 20 or 30 feet, now it's visible at about 8 or 10. I probably could have done something better, but this is good enough for me for now. New paint job is about a year out anyways. The black box did a nice job of bringing out the shine, equivalent to the meguires 4 step but in less time.
I thought about wet sanding and buffing the whole area, but I didn't want to risk burning through the paint since there is no clear in that area now. Most of the paint is GM original from 94 except the hood, front and rear bumpers which have been replaced. I think it looks pretty nice for 195k miles.
