Can opti-coat stop clear coat failure? Picture inside

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dfoxengr

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I am starting to see some small dots of clearcoat failure on this daily driver toyota. They don't need it to look super, but would like the failure to stop where it is now and not spread and in my experience it can't be stopped with LSP's.



Can OC stop it and keep it from spreading?



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dfoxengr said:
I am starting to see some small dots of clearcoat failure on this daily driver toyota. They don't need it to look super, but would like the failure to stop where it is now and not spread and in my experience it can't be stopped with LSP's.



Can OC stop it and keep it from spreading?



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It may slow it down but I doubt it will stop it completely.
 
Doubt it, but it might be worth a try. Someone did some sanding and used a rattle can clear coat and it came out great.
 
Touching up with clear is a good idea if you can put in the time/effort. But the OptiCoat oughta help a lot.



IME most *any* decent LSP will help slow the deterioration as long as you otherwise take care of the vehicle. Two of my beaters have significant cc failure and it hasn't gotten any worse over the 3-4 years I've owned them, in fact they get scads of compliments from non-Autopians and I've basically quit worrying about having to get them repainted. I'm using Collinite on one car and FK1000P on the other, and things definitely aren't getting appreciably worse.
 
My 6 speed Maxima had the beginning of clear coat failure on the horizontal surfaces, definitely could tell the clear was thin, had a hazy appearance. Putting Opti-Coat on the car restored the beading to how it was on the rest of the car and the beading characteristics didn't degrade over the next 10 months I had the car. So I would say it at least buys you some time.
 
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