Hey ppl! I have a bit of a conundrum here! I recently purcahsed a 92 Honda Civic which was repainted without a clear coat. My cuz was telling my that because it doenst have a clear coat, the paint will start to chip during the winter season. Is this true? If so, what do you think i should do to prevent this? my budget is at an all time low. thx.

 

thats not true.... older cars dont have clear coat and the winter doesnt make them chip......

if your budget is at an all time low, then dont wory about paint

its a hard lesson.... and i still havnt learned it... you dont always have to do stuff to your car

 

Lots of shops spray a single stage paint that has clear already mixed in, others a base coat that is fine by itself. If it doesn't chip or peel within about six months, it should be fine.

 

you are extreamly wrong here, older cars used a different type of paint that had a type of clear & hardener mixed in, thus th reason that they didn't use a seperate clear

these days, people use a base / clear paint because of the ease of use & the ability to fix small scratches. It lasts longer, the finish can be brought back with a buff job, ect.

 

I good wax like Mothers would help protect the paint, I think. Just to tell you a story, I used rubbing compound on my girlfriend's hood to take off some dried up bird shit about a year ago. Well,I got the bird shit off but I also took off the clear coat. I bought some mother's wax and polish and the hood was shiny like nothing happened. It's still shines to this day.

 

rubbing compound is abrasive & removes stuff (creating scratches)

wax = fills in scratches to show a clean shinny finish

do you understand why now!

 

well.... not extemely wrong... i might have been off a little... not all paint jobs had the base boat / clear coat mix.... but i know what your talking about......


but still... not having clear coat doesnt mean it will chip in the winter and that was my main point of saying what i said.

 

just keep it waxed and you'll be fine.

 

Yeah I get that part, but did I actually take off the clear coat, or did I just scuff it up?

 

what he's referring to is lacquer based paint. the civic most likely has urethane paint. urethan will eventually fall off due to the fact that it is designed to use clear coat. the odds that the painter used a dulling agent is slim to none. without a dulling agent (used in paintjobs with no clear), the pain allows water to seep through it because it is porous. this isn't a set rule... sometimes the base holds up really wall... however... don't be surprised if the paint peels near edges. the clear is less porous and helps to repel water. you may also run into oxidation/rust problems