Has anybody used this DIY clear coat repair method?

[bladesmith6]

Thats the place to look, they have many videos on youtube including a total car recoat. you can definitely do individual panels and emblems and wheels. but the gloss will not come anywhere close to the paint so you woudl; want to pick a contrasting color or do the whole car. they have a pro-grade product that actually has better gloss than factory paint under the Autoflex name but i think you have to be a commercial installer to get it. for your needs the regular plastidip or Performance series(lays smoother) would be fine.

[RMcG]

Originally Posted by bladesmith6

Thats the place to look, they have many videos on youtube including a total car recoat. you can definitely do individual panels and emblems and wheels. but the gloss will not come anywhere close to the paint so you woudl; want to pick a contrasting color or do the whole car. they have a pro-grade product that actually has better gloss than factory paint under the Autoflex name but i think you have to be a commercial installer to get it. for your needs the regular plastidip or Performance series(lays smoother) would be fine.

Thanks for the advice bladesmith. I will look into it more. I am presently thinking of doing large areas (e.g. the roof) with plasti-dip for the time being to get protection, without worrying about matching to the original paint, and then removing the plasti-dip some time down the road when convenient.

And also doing some smaller areas with actual matched paint and clear coat from cans. There is another poster, 06YarisRS, who has experience with this method of using matched paint and he has posted quite a bit on it.

The prep is less for plasti-dip (than for paint) and it is reversible, so I think the plast-dip for larger areas for now is a good solution to get protection for now.

Thanks again,

R.