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Clear coat on wheels question
Hi All,
I have refinished the wheels on the Black over Silver 92 in 06, with Duplicolor spray bombs. I must have put too much clear coat on, because it cracked over time. Can I just wet sand the cracked clear off and reclear (lightly) or do I have to completely strip and redo?
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Do you have fine hair line cracks or has the clear coat pealed off the base paint? How wide are the cracks?
I have fine hair line cracks on my center plastic hubs but I have to get close to notice. The clear coat on the silver is still looking good after a few years. Then I got another set of wheels I tried to spray black and on that the paint went on to dry. It did not stick at all. I can push it off with a rag.
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Small hairline cracks, only visable from about 6 feet.
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Cheers! Gordon 1997 Ebony #308 113k "The Black Diva"SOLD 1992 Black over Liquid Silver 152k SOLD 1992 Ebony 251k 444 SOLD 1999 Silver SLK230 134k SOLD 1997 Green Outback 137k SOLD 2013 Honda Accord I4 SOLD 2015 Subaru Crosstrek 30k 2018 Tesla M3 30k |
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Sand them with 400grit paper, hose them off, the respray with the same brand of clear.
It's important to get the same type of paint to respray the clear, as a laquer over enamel will turn your slick paint into a wrinkle finish. Enamel over laquer is ok.
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