Clearcoat "Scabbing"
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Clearcoat "Scabbing"
I have a 2000 E250 Regency conversion van. Incredible piece of equipment, pull a 30 foot camper like it's not there.....but that's another story. The van, love it as I do, is begining to look "scabby". The conversion company put matching color bodyside cladding and of course there's the high top roof--it appears the clearcoat is peeling off the cladding and high-top. It's 7 years old--no warranty in the world is left on it, but it's only got 65,000 miles on it and I want to keep it looking great. Local body shop says $$$$$$$$$ to take off the cladding, strip the clearcoat and reshoot it. (I'm assuming that includes renting a scaffold to get on top of it!) It's MUCH more money than I want to put in it right now.
Is there any other "touch up" that can be done with clearcoat???
Thanks!
You can reply to my email too, if you like--faul8769@bellsouth.net
Is there any other "touch up" that can be done with clearcoat???
Thanks!
You can reply to my email too, if you like--faul8769@bellsouth.net
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Yeah, I understand I need to refinish that area, but can you just do "an area" like you would with touch-up paint like you would a door ding or scratch, or does the whole panel have to be re-done?
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Absolutely, what you're asking about is called blending. When done properly it works well, the only downside is you'll in time have a blend edge that will eventually show up. It's a 6 of one half dozen the other type scenario, but when you're talking about something up that high, it's not near as noticable.
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A good body shop or collision shop with pro painters has seen much failed
clearcoat in the last 20 years. They will probably give good advise on
any fixes if they exist (they do not).
If your builder used a quality paint system the paint company would like to
see the failure and if the failure was a product failure they might cough.
clearcoat in the last 20 years. They will probably give good advise on
any fixes if they exist (they do not).
If your builder used a quality paint system the paint company would like to
see the failure and if the failure was a product failure they might cough.
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If you try and repair only the bad areas it will be only be a matter of time before the adjacent unrepaired area and the blended area fails as well. At the very least the repair should be made on an entire panel. Otherwise it will end up a never ending battle of repair!
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Is there any other "touch up" that can be done with clearcoat???
More than likely it will need so mush sanding to get rid of the junk on there that a new base coat will be required and they may cut it done even farther and need to be reprimed too. Then it will be cleared again after the basecoat goes on.
Depends on what system they use?
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