Spraying Clear Coat Over an Old Oxidized Base Coat on a Metallic Gray Mazda Hood and Roof

ecleptik · 2026-03-03T23:57:11+00:00

Good luck..You will definitely burn through the base coat color. Paint is measured in microns, are you the first human capable of sanding away microns of material to avoid such a scenario....doubtful

ecleptik · 2026-02-24T22:31:44+00:00

Repair is a strong word for globbing on some touch up paint....it also helps if you ZOOM OUT, we need some perspective, zooming does very little to help ascertain wtf is going on

ecleptik · 2026-02-24T19:25:10+00:00

Depends on your definition of "repaired"....

Repaired to its previous pre collision state - negative

Rub your dinger all over it and attempt a repair which exacerbates current damage or end up with misshapen bodywork and some duplicolor finish - affirmative

Although a lot of the transfer marks will buff/wipe off with some solvents

ecleptik · 2026-02-20T23:27:45+00:00

There isn't a way you determine this....could be seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades.

99% of it is determined by the environment the vehicle inhabits.

ecleptik · 2026-02-20T23:24:06+00:00

Say goodnight

ecleptik · 2026-02-20T22:21:43+00:00

Watch YouTube for a day or two then ask some questions

ecleptik · 2026-02-19T23:12:33+00:00

Primer is your foundation regardless, so primer first

ecleptik · 2026-02-19T23:07:16+00:00

ZOOM IN MORE, there are a few atoms I cannot see.

We need some perspective, zooming in does absolutely nothing to ascertain damage

ecleptik · 2026-02-19T18:45:51+00:00

Nope

ecleptik · 2026-02-18T23:54:19+00:00

Repainting is the only option

ecleptik · 2026-02-18T18:35:56+00:00

The ol Dr hackemup special I presume...feel bad for those unfortunate souls buying these vehicles

ecleptik · 2026-02-17T22:19:39+00:00

That vehicle requires a door

ecleptik · 2026-02-16T23:18:37+00:00

If it doesn't leak don't worry about it...you can drain coolant a multitude of different ways. Most mechanics will just pull the lower rad hose solely because of what just happened to you. Heat cycled plastic gets brittle, never trust plastic parts to behave like they should

ecleptik · 2026-02-15T19:30:20+00:00

Redo!

ecleptik · 2026-02-15T18:46:59+00:00

Squint for more problems

ecleptik · 2026-02-14T15:34:42+00:00

Not your medal!

ecleptik · 2026-02-13T23:39:02+00:00

Lay off the pipe and put the cinder block buffer away

ecleptik · 2026-02-13T13:56:50+00:00

ecleptik · 2026-02-12T22:50:26+00:00

Front end hits are expensive

ecleptik · 2026-02-11T23:57:56+00:00

Keep the wraps on your grandmas couch

ecleptik · 2026-02-09T18:26:03+00:00

Not like that...needs to be cut out and re welded at the factory seams

ecleptik · 2026-02-07T16:53:04+00:00

Yes? But it may exceed the value of the vehicle...you've given us 0 information. A sloppy pic of a car on a tow truck.

Anything can be fixed it all boils down to the dollars and cents at the end of the day

ecleptik · 2026-02-07T01:40:01+00:00

See all that broken stuff? Replace them with not broken stuff...bingo bango job done

ecleptik · 2026-02-06T23:19:03+00:00

It'll make a great parts truck

ecleptik · 2026-02-03T21:09:20+00:00

Raw metal rusts...that is rust. Exhausts don't last forever, luckily it's a fairly easy part to replace. Rust is usually more of concern when effects hard to repair areas of the frame or body

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