Friends:

Help me out. I'm ignorant on this subject.

What is meant exactly by "crazed" paint finish? Can you describe it?

And if the finish is crazed, but there is deep paint beneath, what tactics do you suggest to remove the crazing and bring back gloss and depth?

Thanks!!!!!!

Crazed paint looks like lines or cracks in the paint. The only remedy I know of is to strip and refinish, as the paint is bad to the bone, so to speak.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

Thanks!!

Question: Is not cracks, but lots of kind of little lines in paint, looking like only on surface, and sufficient paint left, can it be wet sanded or compounded sufficiently to remove most of the surface lines?

You can try wetsanding with 2000 grit paper and then finishing with 3m's microfinishing compound. I t may help.

Never happen. Take it to the bank.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

It may be only on the surface of the clear and TRYING will not hurt anything.

Sorry, didn't mean to sound like a jerk. Certainly give it a try, what you think is crazed, may just be surface scratches.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

OK. Did half the car over the weekend. Good results.

After surface cleaning, used a moderate degree of 3M Microfinish compound, makign sure it was sufficiently wet, and even but heavy pressure. Then, followed with an application of Carnauba (Kit's; good quality for the $3.99 price, but goes fast).

Results?

Depth and color back. Almost all the fine scratch marks gone, along with the slight haze they caused.

Will probably apply second coat of Carnauba.

By the way, color is charcoal gray.

Huge difference in car.

(Note: 3M microfinish is excellent, if you use it properly. But you must follow with a Carnauba wax).

Glad to hear you had success. I'm just so used to seeing bad paint problems, I just assume that everyone see's them the way I do. Sorry if I caused you any grief.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

No problem, P. We all try to help based on our own experiences.

It's just such a b---h keeping this monster shined. So big, and so much chrome. although.......the extra Euro chrome is a particularly nice touch.

thanks again for your time.

That's why our cars are all Smoke silver,,,, really easy to take care of.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K