04 DB
Original paint but I've never had the luxury of a garage.
I'm asking about the "cloudy" areas in the paint. I thought it was the clear coat oxidizing but I'm not sure anymore. This picture was taken AFTER color sanding with 2000grit and buff, polish, and wax. It looked the exact same before I sanded. Because of this I'm assuming it's in the color coat and not the clear. It's all over the roof, hood, and hatch. I've kept a coat of wax on the car all the time. I've even rewaxed it at least once a month to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Any ideas what it is or more importantly how I can get rid of it or at least stop the damage would be appreciated.

 

original owner?

 

Do you hand buff of use an electric buffer?

 

Pics of entire car to see paint?

 

I bought the car used in 06 with 13K miles on it, it was practically a new car
I have a porter cable 7424 buffer that I use regularly. I just bought a cheap harbor freight high speed buffer to work on this problem but it didnt help.

I'll get better pictures tomorrow of the rest of the car but the only problem areas are the sky facing panels.

 

I reviewed several similar threads today, and no one tells me the car mileage. You think that may be an important fact?

Believe that roof, hood, and hatch is the key here. This is UV damage.

 

Sorry its at 87K miles. Didn't think that was important being I thought time out in the sun would be the important factor. Can UV affect the color coat? Isn't the clear coat supposed to protect from that?

 

Moisture my first assumption.

 

http://togwt1980.blogspot.com/2010/0...e-leather.html
davidv might be on to something
Found out some interesting information in the link above^.
Apparently over time the UV protectant in clear coat makes its way to the top layer and if you cut down the finish too much you can diminish or completely take it away with too much polishing. The UV radiation then changes the chemical makeup of the color coat making the paint chalky and blotchy. Guess it's time to repaint

 

Both clearcoat and the underlying paint are subject to UV damage. A waxed surface can easily withstand wind rain snow. Pollutants and particles in the air (rail dust for example) are killers.