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    Cloudy Paint?

    Oh and one more thing, different lighting DOES make a huge difference when looking at automotive paint. It could just be the type of bulb you're looking at it with. Natural sunlight is the best....can you still see it outside?
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    Cloudy Paint?

    What year is the car? If its several years old it could be the clear starting to lose its adhesion with the basecoat. It could be from polishing too much which thins the clear prematurely. If the car is pretty new it may be a defect from the factory and you may be able to get the dealership...
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    eyelid paint chipping

    Chipping Automotive Paint Well, first of all, 5 coats of paint is too much film build and will actually contribute to the chipping. Secondly, a clear coat will help protect the paint some but not if it really gets hit hard by a rock or something. You could use a clear chip guard coating but...
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    Anyone with a Vivid Yellow Protege 5 have paint problems?

    Fading Yellow Automotive Paint The paint is coming off when you polish it because its a single stage paint and has no clear coat protecting it. This fact plus because its a yellow color is contributing to the fading. The yellow and red family of colors are notorious for fading even when is...
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    paint job opinion

    Carbon Fiber I think you should just get a real carbon fiber hood and put a transparent candy color over it. Now THAT would look hot. :) Just my 2 cents. -Mike
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