How I Repaired Peeling Clear Coat on my Bonnet 

Good to see someone giving it a try and sharing the results. I don't know why so many people comment like a spoilt child demanding a professional job from a guy who is clearly not trying to make an instructional video. Props to you bro.

For the short time it took you and the little cost i think it turned out quite well .After all its an old car so you would not want to spend mega bucks .

One question. WTF is a bonnet? You mean the head covering women used to wear in the 1800’s?

I like it. It looks a whole lot better than it did for little expense, I think you know its not top quality but for the money it sure beats what you had. Kudos to you, sir

Yeah ..Not very impressed with the end result..there were a lot visible lines from the clearcoat dust drying an you painting over it..from using a 1k instead of a 2k so .i prob would of kept that video at home..you really should of sanded it back ..an sprayed the basecoat again in 2k ..an then a 2k clear if it needs it

Looks awful - crow feet are seen even under the new coating - should've sanded the old failed coat completely. I can only imagine how much dust and dirt is under it. Can only be used as an El Cheapo method on rust buckets.

Good job. If you were willing to do all that work you could have sanded a bit more primed it and shot a new coat of paint. I watched as you sprayed the clear coat. You have the touch. You probably could repaint your whole car for very little money. Also use the 2K clear coat it has UV protectant.

This is truly horrible. The owner of the car had extremely low expectations and I believe he achieved the expected result.

Thank you for making this vid, all I wanted to see, is how a clear coat repair turns out if you don't prime an paint. So thanks again

Thanks for sharing been on the fence trying to do my own clear coat repair, I think it came out awesome!

I'm sorry, but there does not appear to be a straight panel on the side of this car!

Sorry dude, but do the job right next time, it looks like ass cause the prep work was not good. For a few more bucks you could have sanded properly, sprayed primer, base coat and then use the 2k clear. All of that comes in a can if you don’t have a spray gun and it would have looked a hell of a lot better. I guess as long as you’re happy, makes no difference to me.

For anyone reading the comments, I have done this in the past. Watch this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M_v8qPqPmr0.html If you want it to look nice, you must paint with the matching color of your car before applying clearcoat.

Why not just paint it,,,,then clear coat ?

I hate to say but I'm not sure if you're using the right product. How do you know that this varnish is not for furniture and not meant for a vehicle. There's many RU-vid videos that have clear coat with a hardener included in the can.

Needed a base coat before the clear coat ..

Thanks for the video , what a big improvement , gonna try it myself soon

For the best results first sand it with 800 then 1500 then primer it, base coat it and clear coat it

he say just a clear coat repair. so not to expect much more for less price. nice job. make a video again with repaint it.👌

This seems to happen a lot if the car is out in the sun all the time.

Since you did all the sanding and protection work, why didn't you decide to apply filler primer, paint and then clear coat? It seems like you did the hardest part and it would have looked like a new bonnet. Nice video though, nicely explained. Edit: i see you have answered this question before. maybe do a vid for the trunk door? :)

Use lots of water when you first start rubbing with the scotchbright

I'm only saying this because when you use the word varnish that's meant for furniture so I would really look up your product and see if it is for cars or furniture. Clear coat is what you should be specifically looking for when repairing the clear coat on your vehicle

What is a 'bonnet'??

Wet sand...wet sand...oy

I'm glad you called it a bonnet and not a hood.. 🇦🇺 BTW this always seems to happen on dark green cars

How many spray can (ml) did you use

I watched all these videos, and all of these guys are polishing😂. Good to find someone who did it right

Here's the most important advice. Never, ever do this type of work without a good mask. Your reflection didn't show any mask

Very good,

Enjoyed watching but .... That mark where you sanded too hard would really annoy me, I'd have to do it again.

Holdens seem to be horrible with their paint and clear coat? Not really sure why, but every GM Holden, after years, seems to have clear coat and paint issues. You think they would have perfected the paint over all the years of production, but I guess not. Poor quality paint and clear coat application IMO! Sad quality from Holden IMO.

would have ended up even more nicer if you had a can or two of base coat sprayed as well and then clear coat. But for the age and investment it looks ok.

Dave, I thank you for your step by step instructions on exactly what to use and how to use to repair that paint peeling off the hood. I myself watched many videos and no one explained thoroughly as you did in this video. Anyone wishing to put out a video that has a step by step process must explain in detail or demonstrate the produce to be used for pero and final solution. This video allows one who knows nothing about the process by its simple and clear instructions to DIY with confidence. A couple of questions for you Dave. 1. How soon must the body part be sprayed with that varnish after prep work? 2. I watched a video about tips when spray painting. And proceeded to say to wait 7 days for paint to cure before spraying on the clear coat. He was using cans of spray paint. Does this apply to all paints? Thank you, my friend. And I’m looking forward to more of your videos. Sincerely, Mike

Tacky

The problem is that the sun not only peeal the clear but also some paint, and also some came out with the sanding, repainting it again must have exceed the budget. In this way at least the peeling is stopped.

You had a go but not the best finish to be fair, Personally i wouldnt be happy with the finish .

Would have looked professionaly done if you just used wet n dry or 1000grit

After the clear coat you should have tried to wet sand it and then did your polishing my Friend and it would have came out with great shimmy results

Respect to your efforts...! But i think the job is still undone. I have seen people turning scapy metal surface into a glitering brand new paint job. If you could use some buffing machine with rubbing and finishing compound after sanding and claying the surface; it would do miracles...!

i think before the clear coat if you done a base coat that would have worked out to give a better look . not that im an expert , and it looked good enough to me

With a bit more sanding and spraying with correct base coat would have resulted in a much better job with little more effort.

Just talked to the guy from Luka Fix It yesterday he said the cleaner be better to use on a rotary because it goes from side to side and that is the way you can apply the Lukat Fix cleaner glad I still got my rotary polisher still because I was trying to get rid of it before this weekend be good to do some detailing though. Not as hot as Texas where going but it will be warmer in the next month. Am still thinking about moving to Texas in October this year.

Not the best result but credit where its due you tried and its miles better than it was so well done mate

YOu need to use a respirator when applying clear coat!

I have to small patches of clear coat damage on truck roof. Can anyone tell me easiest way to fix?

Should have used Soapy Wooder

Great job Dave like everything you do my friend ! Love your videos you can fix anything..

Small machine with the Compound restore

just Repaint it instead 😀 its just gonna turn back like it was before white time

My neighbor painted their entire car with spray cans...and it looked very good !

Please make a video when you use a primer too...

😑 OK so started so good but then missed a step get rid of the clear coat👍 sand it back dull to the base coat then respray at least 2 coats of base to blend back uniform wet n dry back base if needed, then apply 3 to 4 coats of clear then cut in polish =👍😁

Good video. I suggest doing the base coat after sandpaper then clear coat with polish. Good tip on wet Sand to tame the dust.

My son has terrible peel on his Magna but reluctant to fix as heard other people tried & stuff it up. Year 2021 the finish still good ?

Thanks Your honnestly video.

1k clear is too soft, will scratch up very easily, you need 2k.

It's ok , for the car it's on. You wouldn't get females in that car brand new, so be it.

You just had to go over the sanding part with a single coat of original car paint and after 2 layer of clear coat and then machine polish it would look brand new. I have a polish extension thingy for a basic hand drill on battery and it works great, cheap aswell.

You worked hard and the car wasn't easy to be fixed like a new one but i think you did your best . Greetings for you Mr Dave .

Great job thanks for the video I decided to try to repair it myself. thanks for sharing God bless you

huge difference, nice work

You definitely got your $25 bucks worth!

Great effort for your first time but try holding spray can away from the work area as you was too close

Thank you for this video. Really enjoyed listening to you through this, am about to try this on my own car so this has helped refine my thinking on how i will do it. Regards, and cute green machine :)

Waste of time

If you wanted to show that we didn't do it !!

Light wet sand will give you even and shinier finish

After clear coating with spray can u need to wait at least 7-9 days before wet sanding and polishing but u would be able to get the shine u wanted with a wet sand 1500grit after and then polishing with a buffer with compound

Use a magic eraser instead of kitchen

Hello, I think you would have gotten better results with coverage of shine coat by spraying first on left side then on right and finally from the front, I do a lot of " spray can repairs to cars" this has worked well for me, still looks nice, and as you say better then it was, and that's the whole idea, right Thomas Noteboom

Nice job, though it is expected to still see the defects. But if you sprayed a base coat and then the body colour and lastly the final coat. The final outcome would be a like a professional job.

Thanks for the video , what a big improvement , gonna try it myself soon

Great job thanks for sharring God bless 💜🙏

After watching a few videos, after sanding, it’s better to spray it with some base primer then regular paint of same color and last several layers of clear coat then you can start waxing!😎 I will do that and save a lot of money!😂🤣😝

I did mine today I have a patch on the bonnet. I did sand it but couldn't get the edges of the patch flush with the bonnet. You did a great job it looks a lot neater and the metal is protected. It is hard to get looking like a pro job.

You can improve your finish even further by carrying on, I think you stopped too soon. Use some body prep to remove the paste and then put on more coats, this time cross hatch it (go side to side as well as up and down) this way you will remove the lines. Also come back a bit on the can

After i wet sanded with 800 i added a mist of the car color to cover the clear coat i sanded. Nothing heavy then cleared looked new again.No old clear coat lines showed through

Nice work! Really worked that spent clearcoat. The polisher, right on top of the clearcoat that was still attached. Polisher has a very fine grittiness to it to finish your sanding work. Yiu put grit back in your shiny clearcoat. Then a good carnuba wax, or ceramic coat. I've never had luck with canned clearcoat. A decent ceramic coat should last about a year. A year later just polish again and put on more ceramic coat. I think Carnuba based wax/sealer will be more gentle on that gorgeous paint color.

You should have sanded with 600 grit on wet send

its not good its dall

Nice job not bad

Great video. I did the same as you but I didn't use clear coat on top just polishing wax. I found that even using 1200 grit wet and dry that it was too easy to go through to the colour paint. That meant that I couldn't get rid of the old lacquer without damaging the colour paint. So I decided to hold off on spraying clear coat and see how just wax would go. It still looks a lot better than before.

Looks terrible.

My roof has some white areas now but If I rub It paint doesn't come off onto my fingers. Is It still possible to do A simple polish a and wax?

Nice try though

$30 Sander from Wal Mart...life saver

Dave. only since you asked for feedback: . I like this info the best ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_owAbAw7FSEy.htmlou can see that you have skipped some steps... in the above you can see that coats are applied in alternating directions ( across then up and down). Clear Coat is Urethane..and you have used Acrylic.. not at all sure about it's UV resistance.. or compatibility with your paint system.. Check his choice of wet sandpaper grits, and use of primer/and/or base coat... I think there is nothing wrong with the abrasive pad for starters... using basecoat gives you a uniform color underneath, and eliminates the mottled look and any vestiges of the clear coat failure line. I have yet to do one.. Yes, improved, but not up to the standard of the rest of your 206.

Good job

Nice job. Quite an improvement. Thanks for sharing.

good job sir... inspiration to DIY ers.... JUst need to know , how much time did you wait between each clear coat application .

Good job

You should have compounded it before you did the clear coat.

that's why primer exists

Why you dont remove the bonnet instead of covering other body and windshield by plastics..

Everyone makes this looks so easy haha, my paint came off even with 1500 grit wet sanding trying to stick mostly on the clear. Even a couple touches on the paint would take mine off. The OEM paint on my car is so weak I had to repaint the entire section 🥴

Thank you for the video. How many spray cans to paint the hood?

If your happy with it Dave that's all that matters. Personnally I would have gone farther and sanded down all the clear coat smooth, primered the hood, painted the hood, and then clear coated it. I would have used 2k, clear coat for a lasting finish. Granted a lot more work and more expensive but in my opinon worth it.

If you use 600 and then 800 and wetsand it out and you then spray it with the 2K Clear Coat it works very well. It will leave the paint looking very good almost professional like

Hello Dave...here is my advice first 400 grit , 600.grit wet and try to take all old clear paint if you cannot, try 400 dry but just clear then repeat 400 and 600 , 1500 wet. Remember do not relay on your eyes much but your touch..it has to be smooth. Your spray can doesn't have to shaken a lot...4 minutes top. Rule of thumb; you stop spraying after paint start "sweating"- Three times between ten minutes rest. Live it to cure at least 7 days and then less abrasive rubbing compound which is equal 3000 grit....then polish...this is the fastest way and not so expensive. I like your video which is honest way to show reality .