i have an 1980 w123 coupe in inca red metallic clearcoat. the clearcoat is peeling badly on the hood, roof (but not the sunroof) and the trunk.
is there a local quick fix for this? can it somehow be re-clearcoated. can old & new clearcoat on the roof be blended.
the paint thats left behind seems good:
rough but buffs out.

also can car paint/clearcoat be applied with brush or roller?

thanks

don

That said , find your local Independent automotive paint source
(The shop that reputable painters buy from)

I found a young lady who mixes base coats by eye. And is the
source of all things clearcoat.

'For less than $39.00, she set me up with everything I needed
to Base + Clear stripped areas on a bumper cover (plastic).
[including a neat self contained compressed air canister/spray
gun.]

Note: this was a domestic (detroit) vehicle.

"If it ain't Glassurit , use it on the house"

I recently went to an auto body supply shop to get some paint mixed to match my car (the paint has gone bad on the mirrors). When I was there, I asked the guy in the shop for his opinion on what to do about a small patch of peeling clearcoat on the car.

His advice was to peel off any big, loose pieces of clearcoat, then use wet 800-grit sandpaper to smooth the edges of the peeled area, being careful not to sand through the paint (it's a very thin layer of paint). You can then spray new clearcoat over the peeled area (or preferably the whole body panel), and smooth that out / blend with the surrounding areas if necessary using finer sandpaper (1200) and polish the car when you're done. The guy said that if you are careful and do a good job with the 800-grit sandpaper, the result should be satisfactory.

Obviously this won't look quite as perfect as getting it professionally painted ($$$), but it will be a massive improvement over having flaking, peeling clearcoat and it will cost less than $20. If it turns out badly, you're not any worse off than you are now - you can still take it in somewhere and get it professionally done.

I haven't tried this myself (I'm just passing on the information I received), so I can't say for sure if it works or not.

Good luck!

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1989 250TD Wagon 5-speed, 160,000mi ::: Dark gray metallic / black cloth
1984 190D-2.2 5-speed, 287,000mi ::: Silver-blue metallic / black MB-tex ::: SOLD