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Depends on the type and color of paint and temperature factors. Urethane metallic basecoats can require an hour or longer at normal temps for clearcoating. Silvers with be lighter if you fog them on and wait 4 hours to cure first before top coating. Lacquers can be clearcoated immediately after flash-off. Same with acrylic enamels.
Important factors are temperature, how much hardener used and thinner speed. Spray a small test piece for testing during your shoot. Usually min 4 hours recommended for wetsanding of urethane basecoats before clearcoat at normal shop temp if sanding is necessary for drip or bug repair. I use a drop or 2 of dish soap in a water spray bottle to prevent ball up on the 600 grit wetordry sandpaper. Don't press too hard, let the sandpaper do the work. Wash your hands often, silicas and plastic compounds are toxic.
Deterioration of the clearcoat can be caused from several things, not the least of which is the environment, such as acid rain or air polution. Usually it is caused from lack of maintenance, such as not using a protective wax or polish regularly. I have seen instances where too much polishing with a power buffer caused the clearcoat to wear away. Or it could just be a poor factory paint job. Lots of those around. Shop around for a good price on repaint. Where I am from, there is a paint and body business call MAACO that will repaint a car very cheaply. Their paint jobs don't last more than a couple of years, but they look really good when fresh. You may find someone who paints cars as a hobby, or second income. They usually do decent work for little profit. Check the want ads and local bulletin boards. You may be surprised at how affordable a new paint job can be.
thats a sign of not enough clearcoat from the factory or just a bad batch. i would bring it in to the dealership and tell them cause there might be a bulliton on it and the manufacture could pay to have it repainted.
under coatm meaning under the vehicle? If so, Get some sprat on undercoating from a parts store and recoat where needed under yje vehickw. To be clearm we are not talking about the clear coat in the body paint, correct? Clear coat on body psint finishes can only be corrected by a body paint shop. Needs to be sanded and respayed. Good luck.
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As I was saying, 'Dealer added' clearcoat is doomed to failure according to an expert automotive painter I knew who did only high-end repainting on expensive vehicles.
He claimed that unless the clearcoat was applied over paint that had not yet cured, it would not bond to the paint underneath of it.
It could behave like two unrelated layers and the clearcoat, not having a molecular bond with the paint below it, could shatter and separate for several reasons; temperature changes and (as it was in my case) exposure to salt air were two of these.
I doubt that Volvo will do anything for your car since cosmetics are considered secondary to mechanical failure and after 16 years, they may consider the complaint petty.
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Hi,i recently used a DUPLI-COLOR CLEARCOAT TOUCH UP PAINT on 2 small areas where the clearcoat had peeled off when i replaced an emblem on my 1995 Deville.It is a bit noticeable when light shines at a certain angle--but more importantly, IT STOPS THE CLEARCOAT FROM PEELING OFF ANYMORE.
The factory paint code is normally inside the engine bay by the firewall. It would be a sticker type/nameplate for external color and would have three digit number such as G13 or WWP or A31. It could also be found at radiator support, driver door
jamb, passenger or door jamb.
Alternately, there would be several variations of green:
A86 – Greenish Silver Metallic Clearcoat
F26 – Foresta Green Pearl Clearcoat
F50 – Bluish Green Pearl Metallic Clearcoat
F89 – Neptune Green Metallic Clearcoat
G13 – Timber Green Pearl Clearcoat
G31 – Hannover Green Metallic Clearcoat
G39 – Cancun Green
G73 – Turquoise Green Metallic Clearcoat
G84 – Kilder Green Pearl Clearcoat
G90 – Santiago Green Metallic Clearcoat
G98 – St. Amour Green Metallic Clearcoat
L53 – Canadian Green Metallic Clearcoat
L95 – Loire Green Pearl Clearcoat
Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.
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