Re: Clearcoat answer

[Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com>]

--- Ryan McCarthy <rmccarthy777@email.msn.com> wrote:
> I did some more investigating on my car. What
> appears to be an old faded
> coat of clear is probably an old faded coat of wax
> considering I can flake
> it off with my finger. I'm gonna try giving it a
> good scrub and maybe some
> rubbing compund.

The following may not apply to you.

On some of my cars (all of my Sciroccos have had
metallic paint except for my old 1980 S  - Alpine
White - no clear coat), the paint label clearly states
that it is a two stage finish (one a clearcoat).

I could flake of the worst parts with my thumbnail.


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Mark Peele
1981 Scirocco S, 1982 Scirocco, 1978 Scirocco, 1987 Golf GT
http://www.scirocco2.de/mark.htm
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