Short/medium-term fix for failed clearcoat

[shiny]

Strangely, I have failed clear coat on just one small panel. I`m wanting to fix it up, and can`t afford to have it repainted professionally.

I know it won`t be a long term or permanent fix.

It`s only the semi-horizontal portion of the panel, and the clear is gone all the way down to the color coat in many spots across the whole thing.

My plan is to:

1. Mask an inch or so away from the edges of the failed portion. (fully mask off adjacent panels)
2. Carefully scuff up this area and a little ways into the areas that have not yet failed.
3. Spray clear from a can onto the unmasked area.
4. Remove masking.
5. Let it cure/dry.
6. Lightly wet sand with 1500 to start a blend where the masking was.
7. Polish with DA and a heavier cutting compound to shine up the blending area and eliminate the masked line.
8. Further polish with lighter compound, etc, and detail it as normal.

Concerns:

• Not sure how to ensure adhesiveness on the left and right edges, where the failure reaches the edges of the panel.
• I was going to use a 2k clear coat, but don`t want to spend the extra needed for the required safety gear for 2k paint.
• Not sure the best non-2k paint in a can to use.
• Shape of the panel might create problems that I have not anticipated.
• ​Maybe I should try to remove the whole panel to do this?

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Here`s what it looks like:

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And somehow, it`s the only affected panel. Here`s the roof, seems good:

 

[shiny]

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Also, the lower vertical part of that panel is not marred up as much as the third photo might seem to show.

The big marks are actually wax that I applied thick and left on without buffing it.

Just wanted the whole section to have a little extra protection on it.

 

[Civicclutch]

Is that a Honda CR-V if it is contact Honda and see if it`s still under their paint warranty and if so it`ll get fixed right for free


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[Migue]

Looks like that whole piece can be easily removed . Look for bolts/screws/nuts on the inside of the trunk lid . Once you discover how to remove it, you can do the whole thing yourself OR do all the prep work yourself, then take to a shop and ask them to degrease and repaint.

 

[shiny]

Is that a Honda CR-V if it is contact Honda and see if it`s still under their paint warranty and if so it`ll get fixed right for free

THANKS! This is a 2007 CR-V, which appears to be included. It`s "7 years since manufacture" went by a couple years ago. Hopefully they still take care of it. I`ll find out.

 

[xtremekustomz]

Where are you from?

The problem you are going to run into is that you need to get that old clear off or at very least feather it out until it doesn`t flake anymore. Once you do that the basecoat will have scratches in it that the clear won`t cover and look right. Have you checked to see how much a body shop would charge to do it if you removed and prepped it?

To prep it properly you would need to:

Remove it
Sand the panel with 320 grit with a sanding block until the damaged clear feathers out instead of chip.
Spray 2k primer over the areas where the damaged clear was which looks like nearly the whole panel. You could use a high build primer in an aerosol can to be cheaper.
Sand the primer with 500 grit wet sandpaper
The panel is ready to paint now
If you find a local mom and pop shop they will probably help you out. A collision shop more than likely won`t.

 

[briarpatch]

The dreaded Honda clear coat failure

 

[V10Sidepipes]

Honestly given where the failure is (and the fact that unless you do that whole piece over it will just continue to fail), I would probably just scuff it real quick to level if off a bit more and then hit it with some black plasti-dip or something. It would blend in with the bumper, be only as permanent as you want it to be, then you could save up and get it fixed correctly. Looking for one involved in a front/side collision would be another option to find one not as bad... the rest of the car looks to be in decent shape.

no matter what you do, I would remove that panel before getting to work. No need to risk anything else happening.