Ok, my camaro has a very bad case of sun burn... It's a lot better than what it was, but there is still a very bad cloudiness and dullness to the paint.
(oh ya, this is the original paint too...)

I have looked throughout the forums and tried a few methods but nothing can fully take out that line of white. The sad part is that I can literally scratch off some of he clear coat with my fingernail and I wonder why a compound will not get it off.

Whenever I use a compound, it will look like it is going away, and then 15 mins later, after it dries, it just comes right back

Here are pics of what it looks like atm.







As you can see, the paint is very dull, non reflective, and that clear coat just ruins the look of the car. Does anyone have any ideas on how to remove at least a good part of this? I know I will eventually need a repaint but I really don't have tons of money to make the car look nice. All I need is a temporary solution to brighten up the car's color and remove the chalky clear coat.

 

Try a rubbing compound And or meguirs ultimate compound it would be easier if you had a orbital to To really work in the compound

 

But looks like your clear coat went to **** lol you can repaint the car also

 

ya it isn't looking to nice......

I'm almost to the point of just throwing spray paint over the whole thing. But I might give the ultimate compound a try and see how much of it goes away. I do have an orbital so that helps a little.

 

If you clear coat gone then there's no hope. You can color sand car and spray it or do a rattle can flat red or black but that a lot of cans you mightiest well just repaint car for like 500 maybe less

 

That clearcoat has to come off. Other than spraying crap over it short term, get ready to start sanding...A LOT!

 

is there a way to get the clear coat off and keep the color underneath? maybe waxing over it or something of that sort will make it look better overall.

 

Aaaaallllooootttt of sanding

 

ok wonderfull......

so explain to me the process that is done to accomplish this.

Keep in mind I want to keep the color on and just take off the clear coat. Is that possible?

 

Why just you don't get car painted

 

well i dont have 2,000 bucks to get a nice paint job with and a $300 macco paint job wud be a waste of money in my oppinion.

 

I see I seen a couple maaco paint jobs once they color sand and polish it doesn't look that bad

 

would it be cheaper to sand just the clear off or get it painted?

 

Sanding everything is going take awhile at least 2 days if your doing it allday you have to wet sand and it's very time consuming so you don't take off to much paint getting it painted would just be easier

 

Your paint is just going to look flat and not that good because you clear coat is gone so it pointless yes it look all the same with the clearcoat removed its like driving around in a primered color car

 

well i wud be ok with a flat color as long as the white clear coat marks are gone and the red color is uniform throughout the body

 

Then go for it

 

Keep us posted on what you decided, show us the end result!!
You can take the clear coat off the plastic pieces easy, it the metal that is the hard part.

 

the car needs a repaint. if you want a band-aid you can get some very fine grit and paper (1000+ grit) and wet sand the white edges of the clear off if your VERY carful and not take the base (color off) then keep the whole car waxed 100% of the time and it will look better. It's not the right way to fix it, and will not look great or last forever but it's better than what you've got now, and rattle can/macco is not a good option IMO - just wait and save up for a decent paint job (or do it yourself, its a ton of work but very satisfying)

 

thanks for all the feedback!

well I ended up just sanding it with what I had. the best I had was 400 grit sand paper, some compound/resin, and wax. I ended up using them in that order and got some pretty good results. there are a few spots where there was no avoiding removing the color but it still looks waaaay better than before

Here is a pic of after:

 

just keep a ton of wax on it and it should look ok for a while, but you no longer have the UV protection from the clear so your base coat's life span is not going to be super long

try to get some finer paper before you do the rest, it'll look better and take of much less color

 

The best way to get it off? It's called sandpaper! Rubbing compound, what is that some kind of joke? The car need s stripped and repainted....

 

Looks a lot better! I keep mine waxed monthly.You could always do a two tone, thats why my car is two tone, to cover the clear coat. I did the bottom striping and bumper, which was the easiest. I used a sander, but not easy. Here is my results!

 

I had the same situation with my older burgundy car and could not afford a new paint job like everyone seems to recommend. The clear coat was peeling bad on the hood and roof. I'm amazed at the posts that say "just get a new paint job" to solve this problem; like everyone has an extra thousand $ sitting around. With my hefty health insurance premium increase due to Obamcare (68% higher!), there is not a lot of extra cash for a paint job.


A few months ago I applied a product that I came across that did an amazing job to hide the ugly white splotches where the clear coat failed. It worked great on my older burgundy car and I've also applied it to several black cars as a test. It's been 2 months on my car and the damage is still hidden. It's not anywhere near as good as a new paint job, but I can't afford that so this process was very acceptable to me, inexpensive and quick. Even if I have to apply this product a few times a year, I'm happy to do it to hide those horrible splotches. After applying the emulsion to the hood and roof, the area was not as glossy as the rest of the car, so I applied two coats of Carnauba wax and that really brought out the shine. It looks pretty good now for a car from 1995.


Check out my before and after pictures at: http://s217.photobucket.com/user/loc...?sort=3&page=1

 

Pay attention. The only "cure" is a repaint...No, you can't just sand off the clearcoat. The color will have to be resprayed also. Any other attempted solution is like spraying perfume on poo-poo.

 

The clearcoat keeps the basecoat from fading. It's a protective coat. you can polish up the basecoat, but you're going to go all the way through it eventually because it will just continually re-fade without clearcoat on it. The only cure is repaint, as has been stated. Once the clearcoat has failed, the paint is garbage.

If I were you I'd plastidip the whole car. It's a much better alternative to rattlecan paint because you can just peel it off later. If you've got ANY way to actually spray the car with a paint gun, it will turn out really nicely. You'll need about 3 gallons probably. If you want it shinier you can throw gloss on it (with metal flakes or pearls if you want! But that kicks the price up) and it will look pretty nice. As long as there's no body damage all over the car, a dip job can really clean up the vibe of the car a LOT. It will last several years, and if you keep a little extra around, you can respray it in a few years to keep it looking fresh if it fades, but I've never known it to fade.

A sprayer that will work nicely is around $100... for $300-$400 you should be able to do the whole car with something that looks better and is more durable than rattle can but is much easier to remove than rattle can paint.

Red dip is the worst color. It looks terrible, but some of the other colors are really nice.





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Just spend some time wandering around teh dipyourcar youtube channel and the forums at dipyourcar.com and get some ideas. The glossifiers and pearls and metalizers and so on make for a lot of really neat options.

Also plastidip:




White base coat
Blaze purple
Gold metalizer
Glossifier top coat

So you can get an idea of what can be done if you want to go that route.