Getting vehicle ready for sale - paint/clear coat cracked

Geewhizz on 21/06/2014 - 07:28

Hubby purchased a second hand vehicle about 18 months ago, simply as a second vehicle to get him to work and back. Because his needs have changed, this car is being replaced.

It's silver in colour (if that makes any difference) and the paint/ clear coat (not sure which) on the bonnet has deteriorated dramatically in the time he has had it - cracking and flaking quite badly over about half of the area (I'd say someone did a dodgy patch up on it.)

What's the simplest (non dodgy) way of tidying it up? He's only likely to get $1200 to $1500 (including new tyres and 6 months rego) so it's simply not worth getting it professionally done.

He does own an air compressor and painting equipment but prefers to simply go with spray cans. Any advice/product recommendations greatly appreciated.

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Comments

  • pao2x on 21/06/2014 - 08:04
    +7

    not worth it. sell as is.

  • subywagon on 21/06/2014 - 08:26

    As pao2x said, it's not worth it. You can't get a good finish spraying clear coat at home. If it's really flakey you could rub the flakey bits off by hand (not with sand paper)..

    • Geewhizz on 21/06/2014 - 17:43

      Actually, I discovered that this morning - dew was on the car so I figured I'd give it a rub to see what happened. It certainly looks doable. I'll be interested to see what's under it, though, because it's obviously a coat of paint that's lifting.

  • aff on 21/06/2014 - 08:31
    +2

    Why don't u go to the wreckers and see if there's a cheap bonnet in a better condition?

    • Geewhizz on 21/06/2014 - 17:44

      Not likely to find one there. There's not many of them around here.

  • tight-a55 on 21/06/2014 - 16:29

    im in a similar scenario except the car is worth $3-4000. only its the review mirrors that have the clear coat flaking off. The rear spoiler is starting to get little bubbles but n cracks as yet. i was thinking of just buying that plasti dip spray (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/119415). perhaps you could do that on the bonnet?

    • Geewhizz on 21/06/2014 - 17:45

      Lol I looked at that post this morning and thought the same thing.

  • cbrignoni86 on 22/06/2014 - 10:01

    Are you in Melbourne

    • Geewhizz on 23/06/2014 - 05:34

      No, SE QLD

  • WT on 22/06/2014 - 13:11
    +1

    If you catch it early enough (before base coat damage) you can rub back with 1200 wet and dry, prepsol and clear coat it. If your anal you can cut and polish.

    However, most arnt caught early enough since most are lazy, cbf or whatever.

    Another issue is the new clear coat might be hard to blend since the old clear coat is basically gone/really thin. So you end up doing the whole bonnet and it looks bran new while the rest of the car is average at best. So you end up with a slight mismatch, although fixed, or you end up cutting and polishing the whole car.

    When buying a shitter, remember metallics will be the first to have this issue, then black and other darker colours.

  • Karsta on 22/06/2014 - 22:08

    Seeing that the car is worth $1500 I would save the cash you'll spend trying to repair it. Sell the car As Is! It will save you more money and pain as you probably will need to re-paint the whole car. All the best.

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