Help With Clear Cracking

[dkblue05]

A year ago when i bought my truck the paint was a mess, I wetsanded my whole hood, and buffed it out, it looked great, about 5-6months later i started to notice these chips and cracks in the clear, i can barely feel them with my fingernail.



of course after a good wax they arent too noticable but now 3weeks later they are showing up.



what do you guys think?

have you seen it before

Once i have time i plan to use some 105,109 then maybe a glaze and collinite 845

 

[imported_Picus]

Looks like clear failure; further compounding will usually just make that worse. You can sand and re-clear, but the most common solution is a re-spray.

 

[dkblue05]

Thats what i was afraid of, I had to compound it on two different occasions because i didnt get it the first time, so is that what could have caused it?

 

[stiffdogg06]

We call that "Crow's Feet." Will need a repaint. :sadpace:



Good Luck.

 

[imported_Picus]

Thats what i was afraid of, I had to compound it on two different occasions because i didnt get it the first time, so is that what could have caused it?

Every time you compound you remove paint. It's to the point now where you've removed enough clear that it's failing. It's tough when you don't know the history of the paint and don't have a thickness gauge. You didn't get it the first time because you still had enough clear to keep it from cracking.

 

[dkblue05]

The first time i didnt get all the swirls and sanding marks out so i did it again, which was too much. well that sucks, time for a cowl hood then



thanks for the help!