Clear Coat on car is super thin

[CobraSVT04]

Well I got my first scratch in my car last week. :knock: Had the car since last sept. I took it down to have it fixed by an expert refinisher. The scratch was about 6 inches long and dug into the clear coat so it could not be buffed out. Instead he filled in the scratch with a line of clear coat and sanded down the ridge. It looked awsome. you could not see the scratch. He then proceded to buff it out to clean up the wet sand scratches. He went over the area very lightly with the buffer. made 3 passes. all of a sudden we saw an orange spot appearing, it was F#*%*#g primer.

The moral of this terrible nightmare is if you we thinking of having someone wet sand the crappy finish on the car and have it buffed out--------------DO NOT DO IT :bash: :bash:

[rammons]

I guess it will be ok if I wet sand my car then! ;-) As long as they used the same orange primer that is.

Sorry about your scratch. I'm dreading the first myself.

Bob

[pholt]

Ford usually does OK, on the clear, but the paint is usually, thin. now your primer should be brown'ish' color. You can see the primer on my Damn Harley F150 in the light!!

You car is still under it's bumper to bumper warranty is it not, if the paint is too thin have a paint shop measure the MIL thisckness and see if it is too thin, Ford ought to fix it.

Make sure you Paint guy knows what he is doing, he might think he does.
Was he using foam, or wool?, and the paint should have shifted before it got to the primer???
Paul

[waltman98]

I feel your pain. I also have a red torch, and the little white dingy spots from road debri are a pain. :mad: No more trips to Mohave for me. Indeed, the paint and the clear coat are too thin, I guess Ford wanted to shave some weight off the hefty cobra. :barfy: