Paint wearing

TheOrangeRemix · 07-08-2006, 02:27 PM

I have a '92 Lexus ES300 and I noticed that the paint on the trunk and the roof is starting to wear away. I think it gets especially worse if I leave it in the sun, or if a lot of dirt accumulates on it.
Between cycles of carwashing, is there anyway to impede or prevent it?

Spacemonkey6401 · 07-26-2006, 07:53 PM

First, is it the clearcoat peeling off, or is it the actual paint wearing off? If the clearcoat is peeling off, there isn't much you can do, but leaving it out in the sun will make it worse. If it's the paint, after washing a good waxing would help.

daamon_vexion · 08-08-2006, 10:01 AM

is wearing off as in peeling? or just fading? if fading, wash it good, then wax it good, not with that liquid wax at a car wash, but with a good putty wax. if it is peeling, then your pretty much screwed and will need a new paint job

07-08-2006, 02:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheOrangeRemix Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 77 OS: Win XP	Paint wearing I have a '92 Lexus ES300 and I noticed that the paint on the trunk and the roof is starting to wear away. I think it gets especially worse if I leave it in the sun, or if a lot of dirt accumulates on it. Between cycles of carwashing, is there anyway to impede or prevent it?

08-08-2006, 10:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
daamon_vexion Resident Soldier Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Iraq (temp) Wyoming Posts: 560 OS: Windows XP Media Center My System	is wearing off as in peeling? or just fading? if fading, wash it good, then wax it good, not with that liquid wax at a car wash, but with a good putty wax. if it is peeling, then your pretty much screwed and will need a new paint job __________________ *And the Infantry Sayeth unto the Lord "Thou hast made us the Queen of battle, and Artillery the King, surely thou knowest what the King does to his Queen?" And the Lord replyeth, "Right On!"*

07-26-2006, 07:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Spacemonkey6401 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: KS, US Posts: 47 OS: Win XP	First, is it the clearcoat peeling off, or is it the actual paint wearing off? If the clearcoat is peeling off, there isn't much you can do, but leaving it out in the sun will make it worse. If it's the paint, after washing a good waxing would help.