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[atarileaf]

Ok, I finally found out what those little spotches I've been noticing on my
2000 Sonata are: its call "laquer checking". If anyone knows about this, is
there anything, short of a paint job, that can fix, or at the very least,
cover this over so it doesn't show?

thanks

[tom]

your car has a two part paint on it, not laquer
"atarileaf" <hickorysticks@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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[atarileaf]

Ok, assuming so, what can I do? Here is a picture of what it looks like:

http://publish.uwo.ca/~agrehorn/lacquer_checking.jpg

This is not my car but this is what the splotches look like.
The website describe it as "lacquer checking", but even one local body shop
has never heard of the term before. Is it called something else and is there
something I can do myself ?

Thanks


tom <tjctransport@optonline.net> wrote in message
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[Peter D. Hipson]

Tis true, lacquer has not been used as an automotive paint for some
years (air quality reasons). Your real problem is that the car is not
nearly new... The maker would not warranty paint for five years, at
least not Kia... (No, not dumping on Kia, just that they produce
inexpensive vehicles...)

The bottom line is that you could try to carefully repair the
clearcoat (which is what is damaged), but the odds are that repairing
would be expensive and probably won't look much better.

Remember that I and some others, recommended carefully using polishing
compound... I still think you should give that a try if the spots are
that objectionable to you.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:18:26 -0500, "atarileaf"
<hickorysticks@cogeco.ca> wrote:

[atarileaf]

Peter. Do you have a recommendation on the brand of polishing compound? Can
you point me to a website that best shows the procedure I need to follow?
Sorry if thats a dumb question but I'm a complete newbie to this.

Thanks

Peter D. Hipson <phipson@deletethisword.darkstar.mv.com> wrote in message
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[James C. Reeves]

This is fairly common. I think I picked it up on one of my cars after
driving inder a bridge where they were stripping the paint in preparation of
repainting the steel gurders. I think there was some type of paint remover
overspray (or drips)

[Peter D. Hipson]

I use DuPont paint products, and 3-M finishing products. Go to a place
that sells automotive paint (call around to parts stores...) and get a
bottle of what is called 'glazing compound'. This is a very light
polishing compound, designed to get every last inch of shine out of a
paint job. You are less likely to burn through the clearcoat and paint
with this stuff.

Resist the urge to use power tools. Even I, and I've been at thsi for
some time, would not do this job with power tools. It will take a bit
of work, and be careful not to cut too deeply.

You won't make it 100%. I'm sure the clear coat is cracked down to the
base paint, and you don't want to take off the clear coat. Instead
what you want to do is simply cut off the sharp edges of the cracks so
they are less noticable.

I don't recommend the polishing compounds found in retail stores
(WalMart, etc.) as they are not the best quality. However, you could
try them if the glazing compound seems too expensive.

Good luck, work very slowly, and stop before you go too deep!

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:37:24 -0500, "atarileaf"
<hickorysticks@cogeco.ca> wrote: