I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in the pot. I have noticed
that base coat with a clear coat top looks very nice in the beginning, but
when you need to repair or touch up an area, it is very hard to blend the new
clear coat to the old. I had this problem when I removed the rear spoiler on
my Nissan in order to repaint it, and I ended up repainting the rear of the
deck lid which it sat on due to many scratches in the paint. After clear
coating it, and rubbing and polishing, I can still see the mark where the two
paint jobs meet. I would have to repaint the entire rear hatch to alleviate
this problem. I would also not recommend clear coat on urethane parts, even
with elasticisor added, after a couple of years I am starting to see a lot of
small surface cracks in the clear coat. Not that most of our Imperials have
urethane parts anyway!
This is true, if you use a base-clear system you
have to fix the area that is damaged, then feather in the basecoat, then clear
the entire panel.
Ray Funke
69 Fury 3 ragtop
70 Imperial LeBaron 4dr
HT
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