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Old 07-21-2009, 12:34 AM
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Re: What's happening to the paint on my hood?

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Originally Posted by sircanegiem View Post
Just a month ago or so I noticed some peeling on the hood of my car and it's slowly been getting progressively worse. It looks to me like the clear coat is flaking off or something, but I'm no pro when it comes to paint. Think this is something that I could try to fix myself with minimal painting experience? It's already got some hail damage so it doesn't really bother me if it doesn't look perfect; just want that peeling to stop! :/ Pictures attached.
That is clear coat failure. You can't fix it with minimal painting experience. At least not for very long. That's the reason it's failing right now. To fix it, it will need to be sanded down and repainted.

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Originally Posted by 97TaurusGuy View Post
It's orangepeel. Happens a lot with poor quality paint jobs. I see it is on a Honda. Honda's have very soft paint as it is. Is this the original paint or has it been painted?
That isn't orange peel. That is clear coat failure.

This is orange peel:



It's caused by by failure to do color sanding.
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