Should I pay for a pro detail for a car I'm selling? 97 Mustang

Beautiful turn around. That Miata is single stage correct? I really think that Mustang is clear coated and the clear is failing. Does anyone else agree?
 
The Miata I did was single stage. From the Mustang pics the hood is definetly single stage IMO. The fender looks like staining to me on the clear coat IF it is CC. Not sure without seeing it person.
 
01bluecls said:
From the Mustang pics the hood is definetly single stage IMO. The fender looks like staining to me. Not sure without seeing it person.
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He said no red paint transfers to the towel when he uses AIO. I would think if the car was single stage, all of the panels would look the same. With clear coat failure, many times the horizontal panels look faded and the vertical panels do not.
 
01bluecls said:
The Miata I did was single stage. From the Mustang pics the hood is definetly single stage IMO. The fender looks like staining to me on the clear coat IF it is CC. Not sure without seeing it person.
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01bluecls, your pics of that Miata are actually what I showed my wife the other day that helped me convince her we need to do something before we sell the car.



I'm not sure if the hood is single stage, I tried AIO on a small section and the pad was totally clean afterewards, and it made no difference. The fender stuff is actually just dried AIO, nothing stained on the paint. I took that pic in middle of trying to clean the hood and fender up a bit to see if I could make it look any better.



brwill2005 said:
He said no red paint transfers to the towel when he uses AIO. I would think if the car was single stage, all of the panels would look the same. With clear coat failure, many times the horizontal panels look faded and the vertical panels do not.
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That's what makes me think it was crashed and partly repainted at one point. Because only the left front fender, the right rear fender, and the deck lid look different. They still have that nice looking red, while the rest of the car has that faded look.
 
trmiv said:
01bluecls, your pics of that Miata are actually what I showed my wife the other day that helped me convince her we need to do something before we sell the car.



I'm not sure if the hood is single stage, I tried AIO on a small section and the pad was totally clean afterewards, and it made no difference. The fender stuff is actually just dried AIO, nothing stained on the paint. I took that pic in middle of trying to clean the hood and fender up a bit to see if I could make it look any better.
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Try using a lot of pressure when doing it by hand on a section of the hood. The oxidation looks pretty bad and your previous attempts may not have penetrated the paint underneath. (Taking a guess at this point.) It may have a clear coat but from the pics it definetely looks like single stage paint oxidizded. Everytime I see oxidation or clear coat failure, it is usually uneven and the clear coat usually "peels" all over in certain areas.
 
I would bet the car is clear coated. Sometimes when body work is done, the repainted sections are painted using lower quality materials. In this case, those sections can exhibit clear coat failure before the older original paint on the rest of the car. My own vehicle is an example; the hood was repainted when the car was aproximately 2-3 years old. Well, the car is now 17 years old and the clear is failing on the hood, roof, and trunk lid. The rest of the car still looks like new.
 
Can clear coat oxidize? Every time I have seen CC failure the clear was totally gone in spots while the rest looked ok. I've never seen it fail over an entire panel uniformly like that, so I thought it might just be oxidation. I could be wrong on this, though.
 
I just went out and rubbed the hell out of a small section on the hood with AIO on a Megs foam applicator, it didn't make any difference. The pad was totally clean afterwards.



The doors, which are also this faded color, used to have some ugly black molding on the edges that I recently removed. The paint under it was pretty close to the same color as the paint on the fenders, very different from the uncovered paint on the rest of the door.
 
brwill2005 said:
He said no red paint transfers to the towel when he uses AIO. I would think if the car was single stage, all of the panels would look the same. With clear coat failure, many times the horizontal panels look faded and the vertical panels do not.
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Generally, when a body shop repairs a car with single stage paint, they will use clear over the paint they apply so they won't get warranty comebacks because the paint faded.
 
Frito Bandito said:
Can clear coat oxidize? Every time I have seen CC failure the clear was totally gone in spots while the rest looked ok. I've never seen it fail over an entire panel uniformly like that, so I thought it might just be oxidation. I could be wrong on this, though.
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It could also be the clear was shot on very thin and didn't have enough UV protection to prevent the base (color) coat from fading underneath.
 
Get it polished before you sell it.......



The car will sell for more money after it's been hit with a PC and finished off with some wax/glase or sealant.......



No doubt about it......





Shop around for some detailers in your area. They all aren't $250.......Get the exterior done and you can do the interior yourself.....





The difference will be night and day......Good luck.....:xyxthumbs
 
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