If lacquer is off you don't want to be working on the paint underneath or you can end in respray territory.
Thinking I may need to get another badge and see if I can cover it! Trying to avoid having paint, as it matches OK to the bodywork and its one of those ‘in a few years’ jobs to get the lot done
Have you tried one of those dent masters/chips away type people who are likely to deal with that at a very small price?
It looks like it's possibly had a so called 'smart repair' already. Factory Porsche paint doesn't lift like that. You could just end up chasing the edge of the dodgy clear wider and wider with rubbing it with t-cut. when it is time for paint, it may be possible to wet flat the edge enough to just re coat with a good clear. But If it was mine, i'd want the poor clear removing from the panel first, then you've got a sound base to work from.
Have you tried one of those mobile painters, who fix up minor scratches? They did my bumpers as wifey did all 4 corners. Cost only £30/corner and I couldnt notice the fix. Rocked up to my work and did it in an hour or so.
Wife has small dent in her mini so may be worth getting someone sort that and see if they can do this whole here. The paint is a little cracked in some spots, but like I say I don’t instead to do anything to it as it lives outside so would be wasting my money in some respects!!
Sorry, cannot recall. Wifey organised it. I could ask her but I'd get a vacant look and a 'dunno' probably.
Agree, the clearcoat has been removed. Don't try and flatten the basecoat, you can't. You could always have a clearcoat spot repair done to try and win it, but I think the boot lid will need painting, myself.
You'd be surprised how much glue from things like badges and decals gets a hold after a while. The best option would have been to remove the badge by cutting underneath it with a cheese wire type effort (staying away from the paint) then using a solvent remover to dissolve the residue and left over gunk below. It's entirely possible to pull the clearcoat away with glue from a badge that's been there forever, especially if pulled 'away' from the paint. Adhesion checks on paint are performed by OEM's as part of the paint process audits, and the tape applied to the paint to perform this test would not have anywhere near the adhesion of old glue.
