93 Red Mustang. No Clearcoat??????

[fhmac]

I have a '93 Red Mustang GT convertible that I am preparing to do a major detail job on. I plan on going with the Zaino system after I clay and cleanse the paint. However I noticed that when using a cleaner wax previously that my paint turns the rags red. Does this mean that my car definately doesn't have a clear coat? It is the original paint job, and I guess I figured that a '93 would be new enough to have a clear coat.



Any recommendations for a paint cleaner? Also, do I have to get the Z-3 since it doesn't have the clearcoat or will the Z2 that I already have work?



Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

[Lemonxxs]

If the rag is the color of the paint when using paint cleaners I say yuppers no clearcoat.



Heck try Z2 and see what happens...if Z5 works on non clear why not just use Z5 in lieu of buying Z3??

 

[Turbonator]

if you need the Z-3 and you're in louisiana(i'm guessing from LSUTIGER), you can HAVE - Yes HAVE! mine. never been used. the car i bought it for is no longer in the family so now it's just collecting dust. btw, so is the rest of my Z collection - for now.

 

[McMustang]

Your 93 Mustang DOES have a clear coat. It was in 1991 that Ford started the clear coat on the Mustang. Hope this helps.



-David

 

[imported_BretFraz]

Your 93 Mustang DOES have a clear coat. It was in 1991 that Ford started the clear coat on the Mustang. Hope this helps.



-David

That's true only with metallics. Single stage processes were used on solid colors. The fact that he is getting paint residue on his rags will tell you that's its a single stage (non clearcoat) paint job.



I've detailed dozens of late 80s/early 90s Mustangs when I owned one and was a member of a couple Mustang clubs (incl MCA). Every solid color Mustang I detailed had a single stage paint job.