A paint question

[upnover]

I recently bought the 95 Lincoln that was for sale on here. Bringing it back to life. One thing that I'd like to do is make it look better. The paint, which for a 95 has the normal issue of the clear coat peeling on the hood, top ant top of trunk lid. Wondering if it's possible to take the remaining clearcoat off and redoing that? Or just buff the paint after taking the clear off(if that's possible) and just keep it waxed? Not looking to make it a show car by no means, just trying to figure a way to make it a lil more decent looking.

 

[josh m]

Gotta have the clear on it. Two stage paint, base coat/clear coat, requires the clear as a top coat. You got a few option. Probably the cheapest would be to scuff with 6-800 grit and just shoot another coat or two of clear. Try southern polyurethanes universal. It should buy you several years or more.
Once the clear fails the base coat will go pretty quickly.
Next option would be to sand it down to 600 and do a single stage on the hood roof and trunk. Find a local jobber that can match up your old paint. Try nason or ppg shopline urethane single stage. Any of the options above should cost well under 200 for paint, hardener, reducer, masking tape, wax/grease remover and sandpaper. 15 dollar HF purple gun and go to town. If ya get a run in the clear, don't sweat it, it'll buff out with 2000 grit then it's all cured.


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[NC-V]

You can't really just re-clear over the peeling clear... Well you can, but you will see clear outlines of where the peeling was and the colors will most likely be a good bit different (where there is still existing clear vs no clear. You can try to get the paint matched in a single stage like mentioned above, but if it is a metallic paint, be prepared for it to still look different. Either of those methods will work to make it shiny, just won't look quite right.

The best results for a simple/at home job would be to get some clear (Southern poly is good, Nason or shopline would be sufficient and half the cost) 2 qts spray-able should do your hood, roof and deck lid. The amount of peeling spots will determine the amount of base coat, but go to your local paint supplier, have them take a photo of your cars paint and mix up a pint or quart of base coat to match. Get your reducer, thinner, clear, papers. Feather out the edges of the peeling areas to smooth them out and sand the panels with 600 on a DA, and lightly blend the areas with the base coat (shoot out over the feathered edges about 4-6"), but try to keep the base coat away from the edges of the panels so the edges of the hood/roof/trunk will still be original base and match the fenders and quarters. Then 2 coats of clear over the entire panels and you should be good. You will see light depressions where the clear was missing, but this way you won't see the edges of the old clear. If you want it better you can also shoot some primer over those spots before base coat, then sand that down and base it so you don't have the depressions where the clear was missing.