Hi I am new to the forum. I recently bought my 92 SC400. One of the doors has clear coat peeling, so I ordered some OEM color spray paints and repainted my door. Here is the process:

Clear coat peeling:

Taping the door - see clear coat is also peeling above the side window:

Sand the original paint with 600 grit sand paper. Note that I also bondo some minor dings in the process. Of course sand down and flatten the surface as well:

Tape the whole car and apply primer. I ordered the red base primer:

Spraying the base coats - OEM 3K3 Garnet Pearl Red:

More base coats:

Applying clear coats:

Once the clear coat is dry, I noticed quite a bit of orange peel. I expected this since the spray can can't match the finer paint particles from the traditional spray gun. As a result, I need to wet sand the painted surface to smooth it out. Started with 1000 grit, 1500 grit and 2000 grit.

Wet sanding completed:

Then polish compound was applied. Beginning to see the result:

Regular wax was then applied. Here is the final result. Not bad for a spray paint job.

For your information, I've used 2 cans of base coat, 2 cans of clear coat and 1 can of primer. Material cost about $120 (i.e. paint, sand paper, tape and wrap etc...)

 

Nice Job.Looks like I'll be doing that too in the near future..

 

I'm definitely gonna have to try this on my SC as well , definitely a job well done.

 

Thanks! The scariest part is sanding off your original paint, LOL. The most important part is the wet sanding to smooth out the surface.

 

Nice job, how does it match the surrounding panels?

 

You be the judge:

 

Looks great!

 

that came out fantastic!!!

 

Did you use a 2K clear?

 

No, I just used the regular clear coat can from automotivetouchup.com. No mixing needed.

 

That's the same website I got my stuff from, I painted my fender about 1 year ago with their primer, base, and a 2K clear coat! I'm finally about to get the entire car painted professionally.

 

Does the color match with the rest of your car? I am glad that mine came out pretty close to the OEM color.

 

Very nice write up and great photos to document the process. from the pictures, it looks fantastic AAA+++

 

Yeah I was very happy with how mine came out, I'll see if can find some pictures. After seeing how yours looks after the wet sanding I wish I would have done that to mine!

 

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