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Old 01-12-2007, 12:24 PM
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Default Good clearcoat to put on scratched clearcoated wheels?

I have the new TTM's and i'm pretty sure they are clearcoated. Well I've been at college all week so my dad had tires mounted on my new wheels. He said he scratched one of them though on the way up there and i havn't seen it yet but he said it wasn't very big or anything. Well i figured i'd throw some clear on it just to make sure it didn't oxidize or somthin like that. Maybe it's overkill but what would be a good product to use for this? thanks
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its just on the outside edge right below the tire. It just looks like some of the clear was knocked off. I guess maybe i could just sand off the clear in that section and respray. Would that work?
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You can wet sand the area with an ultra fine grit and then buff it smooth. Make sure you clean the surface well and spray on a few coats of automotive clearcoat.
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If it is only a very small area, may be beeter to use the automotive touch up in the little bottles with a brush.
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i picked up a little bottle of clear, I dont think there is a brush though, it looked like it was roll on. I also have a bunch of 1000grit and 2000grit sandpaper
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well everything went great until i started applying the clear. It did have a brush so i used to brush but i couldn't even come close to getting an even coat. Tomorrow i will try to wetsand it or somethin to even it out and i guess if i can't, i'll strip it back off and get some spray




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