VW Clear Coat Thick or Thin, Hard or Soft

[jaytheman2222]

What is the deal with VW Clear Coat. I have heard it is thick and hard and i have also heard it is thin and soft. I am going to be doing some polishing on mine in a few days and i am nervous about removing to much clear. Can someone clear this up for me.

 

[finerdetails]

VW CC over here in the UK is hard. We have found you need a min of SSR 2.5 and equivalents to even touch it.....

 

[whiteWRX]

Read the write up at properautocare on German finishes. As i understand they are thicker but softer. Newer Mercs are coming with a ceramic CC but I don't know about VW.

 

[imported_steveo3002]

theyre deffinetly hard to polish....easy enough to install new swirls though

 

[audicoupej]

VW cc is hard(at least on my 2001 it is).



I have never heard of anyone saying that VW clear is thin.

 

[jaytheman2222]

it seems that every body has had different expieriences with VW clear. it seems though that more people say they are hard. i guess ill try starting out with less intense polish and then move up to what i need.

 

[tpsk8er]

I was told at the dealership it was about 3mm, which they claimed was thick. But i have no idea.

 

[JimHare]

I was told at the dealership it was about 3mm, which they claimed was thick. But i have no idea.

3 Millimeters is pretty damn thick for a paint..I think they meant 3 mils. 3 millimeters is almost 1/10th of an inch, whereas 3 mils is the thickness of your standard glad trash bag...

 

[Bigpoppa3346]

Well if it's your first time polishing there is really nothing to worry about. Using IP on an orange LC via PC probably won't even be agressive enough.

 

[4details2win]

My dad has a new 2006 Jetta and his clear is HARD. Let me know if you have any luck with polishing it. I couldn't fix any of his swirls by polishing.

 

[Tucci]

Yeah, Im using a Megs Burgandy cutting pad and OHC and cant get all the swirls out. Very frustrating.

 

[jmsc]

What I would do is pick out some of the worst ones on 1 panel and hit them with your machine, pad and polish. Then see what you have. To do the whole car would be fuelish, I mean foolish.

 

[Pennypacker]

I have a 2004 VW and the clearcoat is definitely hard. I've had quite a time trying to get swirls out. Neither Optimum Compound nor Menzerna IP using 4" orange pads and PC at speed 6 did anything. I went to the Cyclo with Optimum Compound and SSR2.5, but that didn't do anything either. I've been using some pretty aggressive combos short of a rotary. If anyone finds a method that works I'm all ears!

 

[Accumulator]

Read the write up at properautocare on German finishes. .

Much as I like the folks who run properautocare.com, I wouldn't put much stock in that article (or at least I wouldn't generalize too much about German paint). They use a picture of an Audi A6 as an example of that soft clear :chuckle: Heh heh, I had a few of those A6s and their clear is *HARD* as in, use-a-rotary hard.