Repainted custom van
My wife’s van is a 2000 Ford hi top custom. We have had to repaint the top twice due to clear coat failure. The clear turns white shatters a comes of in thick curls. This year the skirt trim did the same thing. After going to six different paint shops I found a little independent that would do the work.
Two dealers and three body shops turned me away.
These were all fiberglass areas, the factory paint on metal still looks great after I followed mikes book and cleans up and opti coated the paint. We just took it in to have the hood repainted as the clear was starting to haze.
The body panels are quite detailed and I purchased a rupes 75 to work on them.
I want to accomplish two things,
I’m planning on trying out the rupes UHS system on my test spots, if that works I’ll do the whole van with the help of a local that I have been showing how to use the rupes equipment as I can’t bend over or work on a ladder anymore.
Then I have to pick a product to protect the paint. The roof is 9ft off the ground so is very hard to reach, this makes reapplication difficult. I have read in the forums that there are several spray on products that provide a higher level of uv protection.
I’m not certain that this is a uv failure, perhaps just heat on the fiberglass.
Any suggestions before I get anymore invested? I have no experience with repainted cars other than what if read in the forums.
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My wife’s van is a 2000 Ford hi top custom. We have had to repaint the top twice due to clear coat failure. The clear turns white shatters a comes of in thick curls. This year the skirt trim did the same thing. After going to six different paint shops I found a little independent that would do the work.
Two dealers and three body shops turned me away.
These were all fiberglass areas, the factory paint on metal still looks great after I followed mikes book and cleans up and opti coated the paint. We just took it in to have the hood repainted as the clear was starting to haze.
The body panels are quite detailed and I purchased a rupes 75 to work on them.
I want to accomplish two things,
- Bring the newly painted areas up to the gloss of the rest of the body
- Come up with some sort of product to apply to try to prevent this from happening again.
I’m planning on trying out the rupes UHS system on my test spots, if that works I’ll do the whole van with the help of a local that I have been showing how to use the rupes equipment as I can’t bend over or work on a ladder anymore.
Then I have to pick a product to protect the paint. The roof is 9ft off the ground so is very hard to reach, this makes reapplication difficult. I have read in the forums that there are several spray on products that provide a higher level of uv protection.
I’m not certain that this is a uv failure, perhaps just heat on the fiberglass.
Any suggestions before I get anymore invested? I have no experience with repainted cars other than what if read in the forums.
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