# Paint Sun Burn

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-sun-burn/87500>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 4, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-sun-burn/87500 "2014-10-04T20:33:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Rock\_Hound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rock\_Hound](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rock_Hound)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-sun-burn/87500/1 "2014-10-04T20:33:09Z")

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I have a 1995 Ford F-150 4 x 4 which has been in the desert sun for 15 years without shade. The paint is sunburned on the metal and the fiberglass camper shell. Is there a simple way to clean this up? Like using fine rubbing compound? Or is this year the benefit of a clear coat which will impede the simple oxidation clean up?

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-sun-burn/87500/2 "2014-10-04T20:50:06Z")

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I would say a respray is your best bet.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-sun-burn/87500/3 "2014-10-04T23:30:27Z")

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Sounds like the clearcoat itself is gone

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**Author:** ![irlandes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@irlandes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/irlandes)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-sun-burn/87500/4 "2014-10-06T00:42:15Z")

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I see that a lot in the mountains in Mexico. Usually GM but sometimes Ford. I was warned to get my Sienna in a garage, but after many years it hasn’t changed color at all, and we now have a carport for it.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-sun-burn/87500/5 "2014-10-06T00:45:27Z")

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Try some rubbing compound, see if it helps. But it probably won’t.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-sun-burn/87500/6 "2014-10-06T03:12:35Z")

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I used to live in the high desert of Arizona. Cars and trucks up there without carports or garages always had peeling clear coat paint. I think clear coat manufacturers should spend a little time in the desert and formulate a clear coat that will withstand that kind of heat. I know it won’t happen but it doesn’t hurt to ask.