First time polishing with my PC, think I might have burnt my paint :(
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togwt
The Old Grey Whistle Test
:welcome: to Autopia Riad
Sorry to read about your mishap- basically strike through is caused when kinetic energy (friction heat) has compromised the clear coat and exposed the base coat. Paint often looks a slightly lighter colour; it’s usually concentrated on a small area or ‘spot ‘
You will also be able to see a non-glossy patch (base coat) where the clear has been removed with the edges of the remaining clear coat being visible. Some simple tests -if you drop water on to the haze, does the haze become clear or is there still some visible damage on the surface of the paint? Take a light coloured towel with some mild polish on it and gently rub the area. If you get colour transfer you've cut through the clear and into the base coat.
You will need to apply base and clear paint or the strike through will remain visible. Since the clear coat contains the UV inhibitors, the colour coat is now exposed and will be subjected to photo degradation (fading)
Sorry to read about your mishap- basically strike through is caused when kinetic energy (friction heat) has compromised the clear coat and exposed the base coat. Paint often looks a slightly lighter colour; it’s usually concentrated on a small area or ‘spot ‘
You will also be able to see a non-glossy patch (base coat) where the clear has been removed with the edges of the remaining clear coat being visible. Some simple tests -if you drop water on to the haze, does the haze become clear or is there still some visible damage on the surface of the paint? Take a light coloured towel with some mild polish on it and gently rub the area. If you get colour transfer you've cut through the clear and into the base coat.
You will need to apply base and clear paint or the strike through will remain visible. Since the clear coat contains the UV inhibitors, the colour coat is now exposed and will be subjected to photo degradation (fading)
togwt
The Old Grey Whistle Test
(Single Satge (SS) paint comprises a base coat and a colour coat)
Once you've removed colour coat it needs to be replaced
Once you've removed colour coat it needs to be replaced
Accumulator
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Riad said:
Welcome to Autopia, sorry to see the damage. Uncommon, but it does happen, especially on areas like that where the paint can be thin.
As noted, you can't fix that except by replacing the "abraded away" paint. Wetsanding would make things worse as that'd be more abrasion.
I'm a fan of single stage paint, so I don't think it's "unfortunate" at all! SS is easier to touch up than basecoat/clearcoat paint, so I'd give that a try. I'd be *AWFULLY* careful about how you "level" the touchup paint (should you choose to do so).
Touchups are a rather involved subject, far beyond what can be covered here in a timely manner. I suggest the dreaded search as there are a few threads where the subject is explored in detail (as in, people spent *ages* keying in all the info).
Accumulator
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What's with everybody saying it's unfortunate to have single stage?!? I like the stuff, as long as we're not talking about really low-quality ss.
No, ss doesn't look like b/c, and it can be more vulnerable to UV damage, but *ON THE RIGHT VEHICLE* a good single stage has a really nice, "rich" look that I can greatly prefer over b/c. And it's more forgiving of flaws, they just don't look as terrible. And it's easier to do an OK touchup on.
Heh heh, can you tell I'm opinionated about this?!? :chuckle:
No, ss doesn't look like b/c, and it can be more vulnerable to UV damage, but *ON THE RIGHT VEHICLE* a good single stage has a really nice, "rich" look that I can greatly prefer over b/c. And it's more forgiving of flaws, they just don't look as terrible. And it's easier to do an OK touchup on.
Heh heh, can you tell I'm opinionated about this?!? :chuckle:
Accumulator
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syjygjian said:
Again with the "unfortunately"!!
:chuckle: Sorry, couldn't resist. Please don't take offense, I'm just teasin' because I like (quality) single stage.
dgyukujian
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As soon as I spotted this, my heart stopped and I immediately felt the sadness kick in.
Damn you guys are harsh. Wt* is with all these repeating what I said bs? I'm sorry but I am asking legitimate questions. The paint is not down all the way to primer, in fact it's still black as sin. It only looks slightly orange when there is light, like the sun shining onto it. When it's in the shade you can't tell a difference. Thank's to those who replied and weren't being stuck up about it....
Accumulator
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Riad- Sorry if I contributed to the harshness, didn't mean to be a [jerk] 
If you get some touchup paint, you may very well be able to make things better. But if you go that route I'd *strongly* urge you to settle for "better" and not aim for perfection (which generally just doesn't happen when it comes to touchups).
BUT..if the way it doesn't show all that obviously means that it really doesn't bother you, then I'd not worry about it (people here sometimes make it seem like nothing but perfection is good enough ). You could put a few coats of wax/sealant/etc. on it to protect the area and seal it up (that'll give some protection from the elements) and just live with it, at least for a while. I've had areas of strike-through on ss that stayed OK with that kind of treatment, and I mean stayed OK for years with no problems. But you do need to do that "sealing up" as the underlying primer is quite porous and you don't want to let the compromised area soak up moisture/etc. lest things *do* start to genuinely suffer damage.
If you get some touchup paint, you may very well be able to make things better. But if you go that route I'd *strongly* urge you to settle for "better" and not aim for perfection (which generally just doesn't happen when it comes to touchups).
BUT..if the way it doesn't show all that obviously means that it really doesn't bother you, then I'd not worry about it (people here sometimes make it seem like nothing but perfection is good enough
). You could put a few coats of wax/sealant/etc. on it to protect the area and seal it up (that'll give some protection from the elements) and just live with it, at least for a while. I've had areas of strike-through on ss that stayed OK with that kind of treatment, and I mean stayed OK for years with no problems. But you do need to do that "sealing up" as the underlying primer is quite porous and you don't want to let the compromised area soak up moisture/etc. lest things *do* start to genuinely suffer damage.fytdcgjian
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Thank's guys. For the car being 17 years old and detailed by many shops,
fgmnszgjian
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Hi. Thanks for the informative answer. Unfortunately my car is SS paint.