Car paint question

[EyeMWing]

The clearcoat on my van's roof is peeling. Fairly common for vehicles of this age, the clear is basically baking off in the sun. Now, if I want to be ghetto-fab and "repair" this, can I just take a can of the high-temp engine paint clear coat and spray that over the existing clear on the roof (where it still exists)?

I don't care what it looks like because... You know, it's the roof. On a full size van. Nobody short of people in helicopters sees it.

 

[jds2006]

I don't know.

 

[white]

sure you could. but would you be ok with the way it looks?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: white
sure you could. but would you be ok with the way it looks?

It's the ROOF! It faces the sky and is 8 feet above the ground. I'm just asking if it'll last.

 

[BadNewsBears]

pick up some 1000 and 1500 grit wet sand sand paper and wet sand the area first Than re clear. Use eastwoods diamond clear. Not ghetto shiite

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: BadNewsBears
pick up some 1000 and 1500 grit wet sand sand paper and wet sand the area first Than re clear. Use eastwoods diamond clear. Not ghetto shiite

Wetsanding the roof of a van... Damn that sounds fun.

I think I'll pass and just spray it. Worst I can do is waste a can of paint. It's an '88, all I'm trying to do is keep the thing over my head from rusting out, not make a showpiece.

 

[rhino56]

just pait it white so it will reflect the heat better. pratt and lambert effecto super white and a roller. it will look awful but it will hold up like a bathtub

 

[Buk]

Your clearcaot is peeling because the bond between the clear and the color has failed. Another coat of clear on top of the old will not correct the problem, all the old clear has to come off (expensive!). If you're about to sell the vehicle, you can have a coat of clearcoat applied over the failing one at a cheap place (MACO, etc?) and it will look great for a while but will begin to come off again in short order - ask me how I know.........

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: Buk
Your clearcaot is peeling because the bond between the clear and the color has failed. Another coat of clear on top of the old will not correct the problem, all the old clear has to come off (expensive!). If you're about to sell the vehicle, you can have a coat of clearcoat applied over the failing one at a cheap place (MACO, etc?) and it will look great for a while but will begin to come off again in short order - ask me how I know.........

My 93 Dakota is doing the same thing, except that the bond between the paint and the primer has failed. I've sanded it and repainted the roof, but the places where the I didn't remove the paint is peeling again.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Buk
Your clearcaot is peeling because the bond between the clear and the color has failed. Another coat of clear on top of the old will not correct the problem, all the old clear has to come off (expensive!). If you're about to sell the vehicle, you can have a coat of clearcoat applied over the failing one at a cheap place (MACO, etc?) and it will look great for a while but will begin to come off again in short order - ask me how I know.........

Sell? Bahahahhaha. This thing will live out it's last days here; it's worth about $0 on the open market since everything is custom.

 

[MikeMike]

buy a can of spray paint and paint it seriously.

you bitch and moan about your POS van/car whatever every damn day on this board and yet you think its so great. there is no reason not to buy a new one other than the fact that you are a huge dousche

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
buy a can of spray paint and paint it seriously.

you bitch and moan about your POS van/car whatever every damn day on this board and yet you think its so great. there is no reason not to buy a new one other than the fact that you are a huge dousche

There are two of them. One that's a PITA, one that's badass (other than the key that's broken off in the lock.) I'd give you one very good reason why I can't just "buy a new one" but you'd undoubtedly ignore it because you don't understand that not everyone lives up to your standards, oh holy one.

Yes, I'm a huge douche, but so are you. Grow up. I was asking if it would WORK, and I got an answer. I was NOT asking for your opinion on what I drive and what kind of person I am, how to live my life, or any of the other thousand different things certain people like to harass me about. Don't like reading my threads? Don't click on them. Seriously. Save Anand the bandwidth.