Has anybody used this DIY clear coat repair method?

[bladesmith6]

well his technique is not completely wrong but he did take shortcuts. my blazing blue started peeling years ago and i started wet sanding all the places it popped off, the down side is the color coat is super thin so some places i hit the primer. thats why body shops usually wont do this, especially on cars like ours. if you prep it right it will stick but as you can see the results are less than perfect. i personally am going to plasti dip my car instead of trying to reclear. ideally you have to sand everything down to a smooth surface, shoot the color because our paint is so thin and then shoot the clear. just beware that anywhere you don't get all the clear off you will have white spots.

[RMcG]

Originally Posted by bladesmith6

well his technique is not completely wrong but he did take shortcuts. .... if you prep it right it will stick but as you can see the results are less than perfect. i personally am going to plasti dip my car instead of trying to reclear.

Thanks bladesmith. My main objective is to protect the paint that is already on the car and the underlying body, rather than for it to look super good. I would like to drive the car several more years, since it is in good shape mechanically.

Can you tell me more about plasti dip? I looked at DipYourCar.com , is it possible to only plasti dip part of a car I wonder? Since plasti dip is rubber based, I guess there is no clear plasti dip. Is DipYourCar.com the only vendor?

Thanks,

R.