white film developing on painted tail lights?

[AccordExR]

has anyone had their painted tail lights develop a white film on them? I have had them painted for over a year now and I just started to notice it....needless to say it doesnt look very good. what should i do? redo it? if so how do i remove the old paint? thanks

[92accordDx]

did you paint them red? i did it to my stock tails and after a 8 months it started to wear away and it looked kind of white. but i just sanded them down and painted them agian and they where fine

[AccordExR]

yea sorry....i painted the amber parts red to match the red of the rest of the tail....so you just sanded them down huh....all the way till you hit the amber or just untill u scraped away the white?

[92accordDx]

just to scape it up a little make sure you use some fine grit sandpaper and use a good clearcoat to prevent it from turning white again

[uncle_el]

looks like i'll need to attend to my diy all red tails too.
thanks for the info 92accordDx

any other thoughts on this?

[92accordDx]

sure just make sure you use light coats it will make it easer to remove if ya mess up and it doesnt look good if ya cake it on so just do light coats a few times and it comes out alot better

[akkordlayinkit]

Originally posted by uncle_el
looks like i'll need to attend to my diy all red tails too.
thanks for the info 92accordDx

any other thoughts on this?

Like 92Dx said, just sand them down (wet sanding perferred) and repaint, then clearcoat it...I havent had any problems with mine yet, but it hasnt been but about 3-4 months. Also another idea I got when painting my buddies tezzas, is to open the lense up and paint the INSIDE, not the outside...wish I would've done mine that way.

Jay

[blamethepunx]

your not waxing them, are you? :P

[uncle_el]

Originally posted by blamethepunx
your not waxing them, are you? :P

car's barely been getting washed the last few months, lol.
just noticed last week that i too was getting the curse of the white film, lol.

[AccordExR]

nice..thanks guys..gonna be redoing mine next week

[cp[mike]]

mmm... clearcoat is wonderful.

did any of you besides layinkit put a layer of clearcoat on after the red paint, to protect it?

[92accordDx]

yea i did mine lasted 2 years before it started to get f'd up. it would have lasted longer but the 40 some inches of snow fucked em up with all the salt. I use regualar clear coat for it nothing special just make sure the red paint is dry.