clear coat problems
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Racer
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From: San Antonio tx
clear coat problems
i have a couple of area that look like the clear coat has be damages or spotted, they are about the size of a quarter the biggest area is on the back seem to be a 2"x3" area. the car in mag-red can't see the problem area unless you look at them at a certain angle. any way to fix this with out a repaint.
thanks
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Le Mans Master
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From: The King of Bling
St. Jude Donor '10
What type of damage? any pics? If it is just on the surface of the cc it can usually be fixed by buffing or even sanding and buffing but if it is something like thin or failing cc repaint is usually the only fix.
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From: The King of Bling
St. Jude Donor '10
Try what I mentioned above starting with the least aggressive method. Try something like 3M 39009 or Zaino Fusion if you have it. Do it by hand first, then step up to a machine like a ROB if by hand doesn't work. If the ROB does not work I would step up to a Rotary and then finally a quick wet sand with 3000 and repolish to a shine if all else fails. You need to be careful that it is not so deep or you don't remove too much clear coat or you could have bigger problems. You could also try a more aggresive polish like 3m 39002 or Menzerna IP if the mild ones mentioned above don't work before going to the wet sanding step which is very aggressive.
Safety Car
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From: Lewes DE
yes - please post up a pic when you get home and have a chance.
really difficult to say much further without a pic to help.
All agentf1 said is of course correct, but if your problem is, in fact, areas of clearcoat failure then you can skip it all and go right to the paint shop.
really difficult to say much further without a pic to help.
All agentf1 said is of course correct, but if your problem is, in fact, areas of clearcoat failure then you can skip it all and go right to the paint shop.
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Racer
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From: San Antonio tx
I am sorry I try to add the picture, but the attached button keeps asking for a url. I thought that I was knowledgeable about this stuff . But this has throne me for a loop. How do people attached picture to the forum I look under FAQ but couldn’t find any thing .
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Melting Slicks
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From: Boulder CO.
Originally Posted by rkort
i have a couple of area that look like the clear coat has be damages or spotted, they are about the size of a quarter the biggest area is on the back seem to be a 2"x3" area. the car in mag-red can't see the problem area unless you look at them at a certain angle. any way to fix this with out a repaint.
thanks
thanks
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From: Atlanta GA
Originally Posted by rkort
I am sorry I try to add the picture, but the attached button keeps asking for a url. I thought that I was knowledgeable about this stuff . But this has throne me for a loop. How do people attached picture to the forum I look under FAQ but couldn’t find any thing .
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good luck!
Melting Slicks
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From: New Port Richey Florida
Originally Posted by rkort
what iam doing wrong, how do i get the picture to come up in the post
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Give this a try, go to your photobucket photo, right click on it. Then select properties. Highlight the address/URL portion which will look like this.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...t/P9270122.jpg
And then right click the highlighted address and select copy.
Then when you start a new post, use the "insert image" button and paste that address into it. So you should see this.
We can work on resizing the images later. If you need more help just let me know.
Mike
Melting Slicks
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From: New Port Richey Florida
Originally Posted by agentf1
Put [img]your image path[/img]
I already thought of that and tried it and I get this.
But if I go to the link and get the photo's URL from hitting properties then I can display his image.
The direct URL is
i104.photobucket.com/albums/m190/rogerkort/P9270122.jpg
I had to remove the http portion in front of the URL above or it will truncate it to look like this
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...t/P9270122.jpg
and if you add the image tags as you mentioned it works fine. Seems that photobucket is doing an internal redirect.
Melting Slicks
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From: New Port Richey Florida
Originally Posted by rkort
got to add the picture how do you get the size adjusted to a bigger size
Take it on step further before doing what I suggested.
Go to photobucket, click on the small picture that you want and it should bring up the full sized photo. Now follow what I posted earlier.
Or if you want to cheat a little.
This is the URL of the thumbnail
s104.photobucket.com/albums/m190/rogerkort/th_P9270125.jpg
Just copy and paste it like you did, but remove the th_ as bolded above and you should get this
