How to Repair Clear Coat Fix 100% all types

hey guys matt from Orr's so today we're doing a video on repairing a clear course as you can see the clear coat on this vehicle is in very poor condition I'm going to show you step by step process and how you can repair the home and it won't cost a lot of money okay so the first thing we're going to do using some soapy water is wash down the fender and remove any dirt or debris okay so now we got some 800 grit sandpaper I'm gonna start sanding down the worst of the damage okay so as you can see there's still a ridge left behind it's important this Ridge is completely sanded away and is invisible before we move on to the next step okay so I'm just rubbing my finger over where the ridge was previously you can't actually feel the ridge anymore so now it's good enough to move on to the next step okay so just clean it down with a microfiber towel now we're going to use 1500 grit sandpaper to sand on the rest of the fender again we're going to take our microfiber clod we're gonna clean out an entire fender okay so you could wait for the fender to dry it but I'm gonna use a heat gun there to speed the process up okay so it's important to check little areas like this where water could be hiding make sure there's no water trap down anywhere in along here or along any rubbers that way I can't come back out on to the surface when you're painting okay so next we get some masking tape and water mask up the entire area ready for paint okay so the clear coat is so bad on this truck that I've had to get base coat mixed up and also this is the 2k clear coat would be using sometimes you can get away with just using clear coat and it'll cover a lot of the damage but in this case mine is so bad that we've had to get the base coat make stop so it'll be going on before the clear course okay so here I'm giving a quick robe of attack rag before I put the base coat on and just a light core of the base coat I don't go too far down the fender here there is a chance to the shared could be different just gonna have enough cord to cover the areas where the clear coat was peeling okay so the pay is called color should have a dull but uniform finish in this case I think was a wise choice because if we clear coated only over this I don't need the results would have been good okay so this is the clear coat we're gonna be using it's a 2 K clear gives a high gloss finish and his extremely scratch resistance after 24 hours it can be mechanically polished and is a very tough superior gloss finish okay so we're gonna tack rag the panel down one more time just to make sure no dust has settled on it and then want to put on the clear I'm gonna put on one light clear coat first and then we're gonna wait for about five minutes and put on a second a heavier coat okay so the second cause Dre there now it's a nice deep shine on it and even finish as well especially from a spread kind of it's a it's pretty really good results now it's time to remove the mask and then we'll just bring it outside and see what it looks like okay so here these guys want the mask and removed nice even shine art from an aerosol can it's a it's pretty good results here's the contrast as well the clear coat was badly peeled along the top of the fender now it's all repaired it's a pretty easy process and you can do it at home it doesn't cost a lot of money and I hope you enjoyed the video thanks for watching

Channel: Mad4Motors

Views: 8,566,852

Rating: 4.8379998 out of 5

Keywords: peeling, flaking, paint, clearcoat, clear, repair, oxidation, damage, rattle can, aerosol, fix, how to, remove, repaint, scratched, mad4motors, chipped, buff, polish

Id: Hj9VqSnT-bs

Length: 6min 5sec (365 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 18 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/writingnonsense]

Holy shit. I love this.

[u/ihavetouchedthesky]

Oh my god. Wish I would have known this a few cars back. The attitude at the time was 'clear coat failure? need a new paint job'. This is awesome.

[u/mannyfraga]

Only thing I would have done differently is remove the side marker and possibly removed the headlight and bumper as well to save on a tape joint. That shined well though, I'd be interested to see it after a wet sand and polish.

[u/iamtehstig]

I did a DIY paint job on the hardtop of my old Miata. I used generic black automotive paint and a similar 2k clear to what he used. It definitely turns out good with proper prep.

I ended up doing 6 coats of the clear then polished it down.

https://i.imgur.com/6xpC8.jpg

[u/blackjesus75]

Impressive, would be a great project for my beater.

[u/motoo344]

Its hard to tell how good this looks since its low light but it does look good. However, it would infinitely easier to find these parts in a junkyard and swap them out. A hood takes 10 minutes to swap, fenders can but a little tougher but if you can do this you can swap bolted on body parts.

[u/redyouch]

This kinda exceeds normal auto detailing and gets more into auto body repair...

And now the rest of the car doesn’t match. So he either needs to repaint the whole thing or buff the remaining panels to match the sheen.

[u/jmor88]

Awesome! My 09 civic could really use a new coat.

[u/Referencez]

nice and easy fix, however there's still orange peel