Re: paint - oh my!

["Stephygee" <stephygee@prodigy.net>]

A day late and a dollar short to reply to this thread [went to Disneyland
2day!!! :)], but it appears even though your car is not 'allegedly'
clearcoated, it might just well be.  The reason for orange peeling and
yellowing of the clearcoat, particularly so early in the game (hell, you
just got it back, right?) means the body shop didn't a) use an equally high
caliber hardener as your clearcoat/paint or b) they just didn't apply the
clearcoat properly.  If your car doesn't have a clearcoat, then do you have
an integrated clearcoat?  If this is the case, you wouldn't be able to wet
sand the car otherwise you'll leave some nasty swirl marks that require a
repaint to get rid of.  DO NOT use a degreaser [Joy, Palmolive (yeah, I know
it's soft on your hands, but it'll not be so nice on your car finish), Dawn]
detergent to wash your car.  Instead, use a mild soap, like Dove and use
only two squirts per bucket of water.  Use 100% cotton terry cloth to dry
the car (do not use the chamois yet) for at least the next three - four
weeks.

After four weeks (this will be the clincher to tell you if your car is
clearcoated or not), use a high grade wax (Blue Coral works wonders....or
use your Meguires) and follow it up with an equally high grade sealer.  If
you get shades of your car off on your wax cloth, it ain't clearcoated
because it's now oxidating and will most likely get worse.  I'm not sure if
you can apply an additional clearcoat over an integrated clearcoat paint,
but if you do, make sure the paint underneath is sound.

Good luck.


Steph


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