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Not sure ifImola Red is clearcoated (or wasn't in 1998)
Posted by Schu (more from Schu) on Mon, 11 Apr 2005 06:19:24
In Reply to: All clearcoated...., Mike Lynch
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, Sat, 9 Apr 2005 13:45:10
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My 9-3 was built in 1998 and it looks like it was not clearcoated. The couple of times I had to buff I had a tiny amount of red showing up on the pad which is indicative of no clearcoat. I used to paint cars while going through college so I have some experience here. That being said, there's still a small chance that the red I saw was from the touch-up paint I had recently used.
It would be tougher to tell now since the hood and entire passenger side have now been clearcoated after being broadsided by an 80's Olds Toronado. When the cars are painted in the body shop, they'll paint the affected area and blend into the adjoining areas appropriately and then clear every affected panel.
The funny thing is that when the cars start to age after having some of the panels clearcoated on a car that is not clearcoated (Ford white for example) the non-clearcoated part has faded and looks weird.
Bill
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Posts in this Thread:
- how do non metalic paints stand up?, Dean, Sat, 9 Apr 2005 13:38:44
- Re: how do non metalic paints stand up?, KR900, Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:25:02
- Black vs. Steel grey, Indiana Saab, Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:59:17
- Have black here and it chips very easily it seems, cryptical, Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:58:23
- Some cars chip more easily, Stephen Goldberger, Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:07:00
- All clearcoated...., Mike Lynch
, Sat, 9 Apr 2005 13:45:10 - Repairability, Louis, Sat, 9 Apr 2005 13:44:40
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