Buffing Cracked paint??

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WhiteStripes

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So a friend of mine has a 2004 Eclipse that she was asking if I could take care of some oxidization on for her. I got a chance to look at it, and the roof is pretty bad, the clear is pretty dull, but not flakey yet, however, there are some spots where it's cracked. Would be buffing on the cracks with a PC and yellow/sip, maybe PFW/105 if I get a chance to order that combo before I have to do this. The rest of the car is pretty mild and it's only spots of oxidization and should be easy enough to take care of. So would either of those combos work ok, or should I avoid the cracked areas?



Any input would be much appreciated.



Thanks
 
You never finished your question. You started out with "Would buffing on the cracks with a PC ..." and then ended up saying something else in mid sentence....lol
 
The PC should not cause anymore damage to the cracking depending on how bad it really is. I think I have experience what you are talking about on my mom's 1980 Buick Century (grey metal flake) which was so faded and cracked it wasn't even funny. The paint wasn't flaking, but just tiny little spider web cracks all over the roof and hood. Anyway, I was able to polish the roof and hood with so so results. It didn't really gloss it, just made the color deeper and less faded. The only problem was that in certain areas, the polish "soaked" into the cracks and it looked like little white lines running all over the hood and roof. It was a pain to get it out of all the little cracks, but I was able to do it. It came out ok, but to answer your question, you should be able do it without any further damage to the paint.
 
I wouldnt polish something where the clearcoat is about to fail, or has started in places. You are simply removing more of it, so will be speeding up the process and potentially making it worse IMHO.



If the paint has materially degraded to the point its near failure then it needs properly repainting, not polishing IMHO.
 
Bigpikle said:
I wouldnt polish something where the clearcoat is about to fail, or has started in places. You are simply removing more of it, so will be speeding up the process and potentially making it worse IMHO.



If the paint has materially degraded to the point its near failure then it needs properly repainting, not polishing IMHO.
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Agreed, and you'll also be taking the risk of chipping off some of that paint, working it into the other paint and scratching the padookey out of it.
 
I've done it many times and never had an issue. I polished an original paint 74 Lamborghini LP-400 Countach that had lacquer check in some spots and it came out swirl free but still had the check, kinda wierd....
 
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