[DeTomaso] NPC, How to Deal With Cloudy Paint

[Mike Drew]

Exactly,

Virtually all Japanese cars from the 1990s through the 2010s had great paint and TERRIBLE clear coat. If the car isn’t buried in wax, and stored indoors, with the passage of time it will fail. 

Here is the nose of Lori’s 2001 Sienna minivan (with 354,000 miles, runs like a top still!)

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The front couple of inches of the hood still have clear coat, but the majority of the hood and the roof are now very dull. 

I know some other club members who found this intolerable and had their hoods sanded, then clear coated once more. 

We can’t be bothered….

Mike


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> On Jul 20, 2024, at 18:25, Asa Jay Laughton via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
> It’s the clear coat baking. It can’t be buffed out.  Been there, done that.
> 
> Asa Jay
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> Sent via radio waves
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>> On Jul 20, 2024, at 18:00, Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Our 2011 Infinity has areas of cloudy paint on the roof in the roof photo.  A little was there in 2014 but now it is a 2nd car and not in the garage.  I seems to be spreading the more the car is in the sun.
>> 
>> I tried polishing it away but ended up with the result in the 2nd photo so stopped before I did damage.
>> 
>> Suggestions please?
>> 
>> Ken  
>> <roof.jpg>
>> <polished area.jpg>
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