Serious Paint Defect Here

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imported_DennisA

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While washing my wife’s car today, I noticed something kind of unusual on the paint. Initially, I thought it was a bird poop etching but when I looked closer this is what I saw. It’s about ¾ of an inch long. :grrr

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The car is a 2000 Acura TL that has been taken care of. I think that this is some kind of clear coat failure. It is also happening on other parts of the hood to a lesser degree and I’m concerned that it will continue to spread throughout the paint like a cancer.



I’m going to call the dealership on Monday to find out what sort of paint warranty there is. :(



(if you squint a litte, you can see a face :scared )
 
If you squint it looks like a bear. Look at the autoint website, thehy have info on clearcoat failure like that
 
Looks like etching from bird crap or more likely,acid rain that intensified and caused the clear to fail looking like this. I had a few similar looking spots on my Maxima before I was over the top Autopian. I wonder if a decontamination wash like ABC or the Finish Kare equivalent would be of use to help stop the spread. If the warrany doesn't cover it , I'll bet a rotary, and likely wet sanding would be the only two methods that could improve it :(
 
A spot repaint will be the cheapest and easiest way to fix the problem.



Wetsanding and cutting more paint will open more "edges" and cause even more damage.



I would just leave it as is and hope it doesnt spread anymore.



Just my $.02 as usual.
 
It is a failure of the clear...

We had it on our 99 Civic...



Sadly, a repaint of the entire panel is the ONLY solution.



Not A-B-C, not a rotary, not wetsanding.



Repaint. Should Honda/Acura make it right? Probably, but...



Jim
 
definitely clear coat failure. I have two spots on my trunk lid that look almost identical. The hood is another story, I would have to say that clearcoat failure has attacked about 60% of the hood. Nothing you can do except for repaint.
 
Spot on Ch!lledBudwei2e



This has happened twice to me now on the same car

I did a spot repair ( in the door shut) on a Toyota Micra. after a couple of months I was called back. I sanded down again to the metal as the crazing was even in the Primer. Procceded to prime , paint, & clearcoat taking me time between coats to make sure it was dry before applying the next coat.

Now I ve been called back today the same problem has occurred. It seems to be taking a couple of months before the crazing is appearing & I dont know why thois is happening at this stage
 
I'm gonna chime in and let you know I had this too, but it was on my '96 Cobra on the roof. It was about the diameter of a pea. If its any help, it never spread or got worse and I had no idea where it was from.
 
It is not just Honda paint... I have these (lot of them :sosad ) on my 92 Camry.



But what Ch!lled had shown us, that is the real crazing. It is not that concentrated, and more infrequent than DennisA's original spot, which IS extremely acid bird poo etching. It is the initial bite, of the acid, which can throw off the paint, right until the primer. I have more than 10 on my roof, because while I was abroad, my neighbor parked my car under a tree... Lotsa bird poo - lotsa stains...



I could not believe my eyes, when I tried to take them off. Bird poo whoosh; paint whoosh! Only the nice cream colored primer remained. I could cry...



Now, time for the airbrush!!! (Base + clear) First find the outward pointing cracks, smooth them off, then spray the base, dry, wetsand the edges around w. 2.5, 3k paper, then clear. Wetsand (not too small area, because it will cause a dent-like ...er... indent), then finish off with multi-step polishing.
 
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