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Old 05-25-2020, 01:53 AM   #515 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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heat reflective clear coat on the roof

Did a pair of heat reflective clear coats on the badly damaged finish on the roof. The primary goal is reduction of solar heat gain (without resorting to a new brighter color).

Roof paint clearcoat... faded badly and beginnig the scale.


Most of the supplies (sandpaper and acetone missing from pic)


The look after second coat, at dusk, meh... I never done this before:


The car at dusk from 10 feet looks pretty good, lol.


Most online guides to roller painting cars describe diluting the paint, but I chose not to dilute my paint because of concern that it would weaken the heat reflective qualities. This is function above "beauty." But I think it will look okay.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.




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