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Sun here in Florida is rough on cars with certain colors like silver and red. Your choice if it's worth it for a new clear coat.I live in sunny south Florida. My '16 CX-5 Sport is a sonic silver color. The hood just doesn't have the shine anymore. I got the vehicle detailed a few months ago and the guy used a claybar and then waxed. But the hood just doesn't have the shine. This was even before the detail. I thought the detail would restore the shine. The guy told me it's the clear coat on the hood.
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Is there anyway to get the shine back on the hood?
Sun here in Florida is rough on cars with certain colors like silver and red. Your choice if it's worth it for a new clear coat.
When you say "new clear coat", you mean to paint the hood with new paint/clear coat?
If you’re waiting because the new car’s paint is “fresh”, keep in mind that it was manufactured weeks or months ago so the paint would have had enough time to cure.For a new brand Soul Red CX-5 is clay-polish-wax o.k. or is it better to wait a few months before applying products?
* in the past I've waited but am wondering now if there is any good reason to wait.
@GFrosty I never got a chance to try polishing method. However, I just noticed those hazy portions of the hood are showing white spotting. Looks like the paint is fading. Noticed this also on the roof of the car. What are my options now?@txt990 -- Just wondering if you've happened to try more-aggressive polishing of that hood, to see if it'll rejuvenate the surface ... and whether that worked. It'd be nice if the U.V. damage and hazing isn't severe enough to necessitate a repaint.
If that’s clear coat failure I don’t think it can be corrected besides repainting. It’s just going to get worse. . The paint on my 2013 is starting to do the same thing but it’s further along. If you run your hand over the spots it’ll probably feel rough.@GFrosty I never got a chance to try polishing method. However, I just noticed those hazy portions of the hood are showing white spotting. Looks like the paint is fading. Noticed this also on the roof of the car. What are my options now?
I live in sunny south Florida where it gets very hot and it has probably affected the paint. At this point I'll probably just wait around another two years before I re-paint the vehicle.If that’s clear coat failure I don’t think it can be corrected besides repainting. It’s just going to get worse. . The paint on my 2013 is starting to do the same thing but it’s further along. If you run your hand over the spots it’ll probably feel rough.