Why did the clearcoat peel off so badly on mid 1990s vehicles?
Was it the fault somehow of the clearcoat
or of the base coat
or of prep or application?
i repaired thousands of these cars.
there were multiple reasons why the paint fell off.
the biggest reason why is they didn't put enough paint on the cars. the thin paint allowed the UV rays from the sun to go thru the paint directly to the E coat. this broke down the chemical bond between the 2 products and caused the paint to fall off.
this happened on several manufacturers cars, GM cars were the worst of the lot.
