Painting where clearcoat has peeled

[Gregory OConnor]

Don, It looks good! some times you can clean the 'color coat' with
clay then re clearcoat. often the clearcoat failed because the
colorcoat degraded.
GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
wrote:
>
> Blue Thunder has peeling clearcoat all along the upper edges. I'm
not likely to spring for a full paint job, so my choices were to do
nothing, or attempt some spot repair.
>
> The back cap was the worst, depending on angle and lighting. I
tried some test spots of fresh clear-coat, but the colors did not
match, so I decided to paint.
>
> Over the past couple of days, because we had good weather for it, I
did the largest area which is blue. Clearcoat was removed with
plastic scraper and 220-grit sandpaper, then everything was sanded
with 400-grit.
>
> I used Dupont Nason 2K Ful-Thane urethane, which does not need a
clearcoat. Saves a lot of work and about half the cost. The results
are not professional, but more than adequate especially for an area
11 feet off the ground where nobody is going to be looking at it
closely.
>
> I've put up a page with before/during/after pictures at
http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/painting.cfm
>
> I probably won't get to the rest of the blue, or the red and gold
portions, until sometime this summer.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
>