Gump had a massive case of clear coat Leprosy. I used a razor to cut away the really bad patches. I also did the sanding of edges to try to feather it in an attempt to get it to stop spreading. The stuff was resistant to my ministrations. I suspect there was a respray at one time and the coat was destined to fail. My suspicion would be that complete removal by sanding would give you a much better surface to begin with. Polei has a few spots of entrenched clear ( really small less than a folded dollar) that I sanded down the edges if I could not completely obliterate. I used 80 grit as a first phase, then went 100/150 then 220/320 before I did a 400/600 sanding, which ended with 800/1000 so that there were no hard edges or the stuff was gone.
clay > On Sep 17, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I am going to look at a W126 tomorrow that has clear coat peeling on the > roof. The rest of the car might be OK, so I’m trying to get a feel for what > I might be getting into should I want to buy it. > > As an interim approach, can the edges of the clear coat be feathered and just > polished or buffed out so it blends into the surface? > > I assume that clear coat could be reapplied to seal the area back up again? > > Any paint enabled folks here who want to comment or make recommendations > would be appreciated. > > Dan > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
