Clear coat damage

[78F250SCCS]

This is what the snow did to my truck. It had a little bubbling before the winter, nothing major. First pic is of the roof and the other two are of my hood from the front and side, same spot.

Any pointers on how to fix this. I don't have the extra cash to bring it in so I'll have to do it myself.

 

[smokey]

Wow that is major. Is this factory paint?
You will need to sand or strip to get the old damage off. Then prime and paint.

 

[polarbear]

"Delamination." Back to the early days of water-based paint.

 

[78F250SCCS]

What can I do to fix this. Is it the clear coat, or is it the paint. I was hoping to be able to lightly sand down the paint and respray some clear.

 

[Mil1ion]

Snow didn't cause that.. the sun and temperature fluctuation caused it

We have a paint specialist on the site... ask him what to do

He said hi in the personal announcement forum

http://www.fordtruckfanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24452

 

[polarbear]

Short of a repaint, I don't really know of a way to fix that. I have a little spot starting on the roof of the '95. I wax it with Meguiars every couple of months, and it hasn't gotten any worse. That's about all you can do to slow the deterioration.

 

[Alvin in AZ]

"Delamination."
Back to the early days of water-based paint.

x2 on the "delamination" part.

"Snow didn't cause that.. the sun and temperature fluctuation caused it"
-Mil1ion

x2 on that part too, I figure.

Got that on my '91 Bronco because someone got it repainted!
The factory paint (under the repaint) is much nicer looking paint.
Same goes for the original paint (Wimbledon White) on my '75.

What's that about "water based paint" tho?

Alvin in AZ

 

[78F250SCCS]

Snow may not have caused it but it sure did finish it off. Only if I could have foreseen this I would have tried to knock the price down.

 

[m78]

This is why I opted out of a clear coat. I bet there's not a week goes by that I don't see a clear coat peeling.