CCF/Oxidation Assistance :)

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MayDay88

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Howdy :)

So, I believe I have a clear case of CCF and/or oxidation on the roof/hood of my vehicle (2010 Honda Civic EX). Are there any "quick" fixes that could possibly hold this over for a bit? I'm getting ready to ship my vehicle across the country to a sunny state (CA) and it'll only get worse being subjected to the constant UV Rays. Funny enough, I had received, about a year ago, a letter from HONDA that my car could qualify for a recall due to CCF for years 2004-2011 which expired after seven years. It provided a website where I could put in my VIN to check and the letter listed all of the years, models, and colors that qualified (Urban Titanium, my color, was the third one listed as recall). OF COURSE I put in my VIN and it claims that it's "not eligible", although my car is the same model and color, as well as within the year, of those listed on the recall. Gotta love Honda.

I've tried to go to body-shops, but since I'm female, I'm getting quoted RIDICULOUS prices that I know are off the wall. even for the DMV area. I'm talking upwards of $2K. No way. I may not speak "Car Talk" fluently, but I know more than the average person (when it comes to mechanical maintenance, not auto-body) and even I know when I'm being gypped. I will eventually repaint the entire vehicle (color change as well), but since I have more pressing obligations, that is on the back burner for another year or so. Student loans and my relocation across country come first :)

So, if anyone knows of anything/tips that can even this out for the time being, I'm all ears. It looks like some areas could do with just a clear coat and blend, but the "halo" on my roof I'm thinking may need a bit of paint as well.

Anddd since I'm here, anything to help knock out this minor dint on the side skirt? Yes, it's rusted (I can take care of that myself), but I'd rather not replace the bumper to knock this little thing out.
 
Thanks :)

Not "bad news", just don't have the time to sit down and nitpick colors and whatnot because a lot more is going on. I'd actually purchase my own supplies since I'm THAT much of a nitpicker and it's very time consuming (borderline OCD over here -- literally). I just wanted a remedy that could possibly hide the obviousness of the CCF for another year or so until I got settled in across country and didn't have so many things happening all at once.

Thanks, guys!
 
To the roof I would mask tape a little outside of the ccf area. And lightly wet sanding the area and spray a primer paint and a single stage paint over that. Cover the rest of the car so you don't get any overspray. This is just a quick fix for time being to get the whole roof or car repainted. An autoshop that blends paints would get you the paintcode color and a spray bottle to your car.

The lower part that has beginning to rust a rust desolver or an easy way is a iron remover like carpro ironx to desolve the rust. Then clean it with a ipa wipe down or a panel wipe product. Get a body protection spray bottle with rust inhibitors in it and masking tape the area around the surface and spray it. Look at the other parts of the rocker panels and see if it's necessary to do some more spraying. With some body protection spray you don't even need to get the old rust of but it's so easy to do with an iron remover.

This is just some quick fixes to stop the problem to spread. The other oxidized paint parts I would use a paint cleaner to get that off. And if you want to apply a LSP to get a little protection to you decide to repaint the car is good to do.
 
If you try a heavy wax on that CCF, like Collinite 476S, it may help a little, although it looks a bit far gone for that. Even if it helps, you may have to apply it once a week.
 
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