How To FIX Peeling Clearcoat!! | Major Cosmetic Improvements On The S4 

I appreciate that you tried this outside. Makes me feel comfortable to do it outside as well.

Nice video. Good work. Paint restoration us a very hard skill to master. My son is a professional detailed/valeter. It's amazing watching him bring a car 'back'.

Getting 90% of a result for 10% of the cost is a big win and well worth it in my opinion.

One noticeable fault in n your spray technique was u made uneven passes going horizontally then diagonally plus starting/stopping on a small area all of which makes the base uneven thickness, cutting will help that but it’s so important to make the base coat the same thickness over the panel Looks good despite this

Good video and the results look pretty good. But your spraying technique could use a little work haha. You're way too close and doing short bursts like that back and forth like that leads to hard edges where the paint starts and stops. You need to do loooong smooth motions, bringing the can towards the surface at the start of the stroke, and pulling it away at the end of the stroke. Also it's not good to do many light coats, but rather 3 or 4 progressively heavier coats, with the final one being very wet/heavy. If you apply each coat while the previous coat is still tacky, it helps the paint adhere without dripping or running and the final coat can be very heavy. The heavier the coat, the more even and glossy the surface will be. and it's just more durable as well. You can also eliminate the need for wet sanding if you get a good final wet coat down. Doing a bunch of light coats will give you a rough texture and will make the finish less durable because the paint starts drying before it even hits the surface and the paint doesn't form into one solid shell. Also just FIY. Paint in aerosol cans is definitely not the same as automotive paint. Auto paint is a 2 part catalyst activated urethane that cures to a MUCH harder finish. :p Same with automotive clear coat. The stuff in the can is just nowhere near as hard and can basically be scratched with your fingernails. Anyways, keep up the good work man! You'll have 100k subs if you consistently put out videos of this quality!

Good job!! I also think that you could have gotten even better results if you wet sanded with the base coat with 2000 and 3000 and then applied the clear coat. I am currently restoring my black camry 2003! I am now sanding it and it looks supper shiny when I put water on it! Which is a good sign 👌🏻

Wet sanding with 2000 grit or higher before cutting would have done wonders. Looks good nonetheless. 👍

you could of taped the chrome trim by the driver window. It has blue over spray lol

After spraying the clear coat, leave it 49hrs, the wet sand 2000 and 3000, the compound and polish. 😊

Wow! The difference is like day and night! Great results for a first timer do it yourself job. I have two questions. How much time would you estimate you put into this entire paint job? And how much did you spend on paint and materials?

ok now the question is . WHY did the clear coat fail ? car doesnt look that old .. oh its an audi .. ok

They sell attachments at the auto supply for aerosol cans for a much more even spray

It's a lot better than it was. There's definitely more learning to take in before doing this again. I think it was a good 1st time experience. Filler should be used when there's damage to smoothen everything before paint. And the clear coat should be a 2k clear coat and should be laid on a bit thicker. If you came in closer then that would probably be enough. Good job! Also I had to rewatch it and take shots every time you said "consequently". lol.

Question so if I sand it down until no clear coat . Can I then change the base coat then clear coat it?

Thank you for your video and for sharing it with us! Which paints did you go with? How would you rate them?

92% better than what you started with.

I enjoyed the video, consequently, I will view more

love the videos man i got a tt my self but i watch all your vids

Prep is most definitely key in any kind of paint job. I do see you oversprayed the chrome window trim. Just remember to mask everything, paper or plastic and tape will work.

Should last about a year.

my 04 audi tt the clear coat on the roof and rear is peeling off. i need to fix it i had the front of the car painted after a deer hit me and replacing the bumper with the rare tt sport front bumper off a s line. my whole car is very nice and lots of after markets but the paint fading they want over $10,000 to pain the car and im just not willing to spend that on a 20 year old car thats more then i paid for it. and ive put over 15k of my own money into this car, so idk what to do.

Really nice, huge improvement!! I have to tackle the back drivers side of my black Nissan. That area has been getting worse the past 16-20 months ....massive unsightly patch of clear coat gone and getting worse...spreading. Just cooked by the UV Sun that hits it from Sunrise to at least 3-4pm each day. Back of my trunk and roof is bad also, but I was willing to wrap that area up also. I still need to get that area smooth as possible also.

Night and day bro … ain’t no denying that looks damn good from the ugly ass starting point well done 👍

Thank you for the video! So roughly a year later, what are your thoughts about having done the restoration with rattle cans? Has the finish lasted like you had hoped?

cool trick to polish the roof is to open the door on car and step on in, like that you would get more range to polish

Hey where did you get the cans of paint I have the same color and Lear coat issues

Hello, your work was really nice. What is the paint code you used?

Looks way better than before.. my 08 civic is doing this same thing

Kinda shocking how nice the hood turned out.

How did you apply the lacquer?

was the "weird defect" a filled in cut for a screamer pipe?

I love the videos. Keep them up!

Same thing happened on my blue Mercedes! I drove it around for 2 years looking like that before selling it. Wish this video was posted when I still had it🤦‍♂️ Amazing work!

Excellent job.. you're hired! lol 👏🏻

Looking much better. Good job on that.

Shout to the fellow Washington B5 S4 owners! Where you located?

I think you’ve done a fantastic job considering you’ve never done anything like that before you’ve inspired me to have a go at mine great job 👌👍

Think about how much you increased that cars value.

How many songs were in the album? Any way you can make a copy?

Nice work...

no clear coat?

😂😂😂😂😂 Love the mix tape CD

What did you do inbetween coats

It looks good in blue

Which brand of paint, it was a great match.

Did you use a 2k clear or just a cheap clear?

If you know the prices are going up as crazy, why cheap out?

Looking good

the hood is from a preface a4 (96-98)

I am still impressed, good work👍😊

Nice job!

Boy, you definitely have a TON to learn about painting, and some parts were really hard for me to watch, lol but damn, for what you had to work with, you really made some decent lemonade!! If you just applied the clear in much heavier coats (like you're supposed to) you wouldn't need to spend anywhere NEAR as much time sanding/buffing, etc. Oh, and you DEFinitely needed to use some body filler on those uneven spots on the hood. No other way to fix that.

Can you list out the materials you used for cutting, buffing and polishing?