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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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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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