Peeling but no failing Clearcoat?

[ryana89]

In select area's on my MK2 Golf the clear coat is simply peeling off, the worse spot being the top of the left, rear door.

I don't beleive the actual clearcoat is failing/oxidising, instead it seems to have lost its "bond" with the paint, the flakes that are coming off are quite flexible and almost elastic.




At some time in the car's life, it almost appears as if the original clear coat has been rubbed/sanded back and another layer of clear coat sprayed on. I say this because the paint underneath shows no sign of damgage/oxidation and almost has a glisten to it.

Can I fix this in anyway? Ie removing the loose clear coat and spraying a new coat over the area? Or is the only real option to respray the entire door?

Its a real nuisance because the paint as a whole is in quite good condtion, theres only a few area's that are doing this and more clearcoat is 'lifted' everytime I wash it.

Any advice or input is welcome.
Thanks

[Jasonpb]

Most shops would mask up the mouldings, sand back the clear in and around that area so none is flaking off, go over it with a grey scotch pad to the top/right side of the door, spray on clear then and use blending thinners to blend in the new clear to the old clear so you don't get a line. That would be the easiest, fastest and cheapest way of doing it.

You can get a decent medium solids clear kit for around $120-160 bucks, I don't know what temp you will be spraying in but keep that in mind when selecting the hardner for the kit and as long as you take your time prepping the area, don't spray loads of clear on as two coats is fine and is all a shop will generally do, wear a mask, yes make sure you wear a mask trust me I have several spray painting friends who are as dense as they come now because they don't wear masks when no one is watching, you really can't go wrong.... famous last words

[ryana89]

Thanks Jason, that's the perfect answer!

spray on clear then and use blending thinners to blend in the new clear to the old clear so you don't get a line

Thats what most worried me, but it sounds like it can be done easily enough.

Ill check into these Clear Coat kits you mentioned.

Thanks!

[Jasonpb]

Thanks Jason, that's the perfect answer!

Thats what most worried me, but it sounds like it can be done easily enough.

Ill check into these Clear Coat kits you mentioned.

Thanks!

Just becareful using blend thinners you don't need to pile it on you will use very little of it and it's rather expensive stuff. If you have any old panels give it a go on them first, you will still need to polish the area afterwards and hey if you screw it up clear the entire door.

[D3bb4]

blending thinners = retardant thinners. they dont evaporate off as quickly. you probably wouldnt want to do it on a stinking hot day, but not a cold or rainy day either.

[Ben J]

One of my doors has a little spot like that, some usefull information here glad i stumbled across this, might be able to fix it before it spreads