The failure is actually in the color coat under the clear coat. Usually keeping it well waxed (and out of the sun as much as possible) will extend the life of the paint due to more UV absorbtion before it gets to the paint.
Repaints tend to fail badly due to inadequate clear coat thickness, it's rather hard to judge. On my 300D, the clear coat has failed again on the re-spray job done before I got the car -- super thin clear coat, excessively thick color coat that wasn't properly applied, since it's peeling off intact from spots that were dirty before it was repainted. Final analysis is that all "dead" paint has to be abraded away and a new, properly applied color and clear coat is required. Just sanding off the bad clear coat usually doesn't address the issue with failed color coat underneath, so it just peels shortly again. The color coat is falling apart (depolymerizing) and nothing is gonna keep the clear coat attached to loose powder. Peter _______________________________________ 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
