Clear coat can be interesting.

I bought a 6-year old '96 855R in Fire Red.

For the first 10 years or so, I waxed it twice a year, and it looked great.

One year, I did not do my springtime wax, and about 1/2 of the panels faded.

The roof and most of the right side faded and I could easily see that the other panels had clear coat on them.

After I polished the car - the faded panels put red on the rags, the clear coated panels did not!

The car came out looking great, and a few people that I asked could not pick out the clear coat panels!

Most info on Volvo paint that I have read relate that solid colors have no clear coat, and metallic colors do.

However, if your car was repaired, or repainted, it could indeed have clear coat.

I have a '90 745 in a burgundy metallic that obviously has a roof and hood that have clear coat that has faded away, and is white around the edges.

I am sure that any method that you use will take more color off than clearcoat because the clear is tougher than the color.

In my case, I plan to have the roof and hood painted, perhaps in a some shade of brown to create a two tone look.

Medium blus might look good on your car, and last longer in your sun. If you do the sanding and there is simple masking, a small shop may paint it for a reasonable price. Make sure you sand with a long, firm block, so that you take the high spots off first.

There are a number of people on the internet who have repainted cars with Rustoleum using a roller. Check out http://rolledon.forummotion.com/ for some details. I'm going to try that this year on one of my cars and will report the results.

The 91 240 in my fleet has deteriorated paint on the roof, hood and trunk as you describe so it seems that we are reaching the end of life for the original paint on these vehicles unless they were garaged for a significant portion of their lives.

Brian Mee

92 945T
91 240
90 240DL

Once you remove the white(clearcoat), the new finish won't get the paint to shine.
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Old Duke,

The name of the paint I think you're referring to is Hammerite. When it first came out in the 80's, you were supposed to be able to use it to paint over rust, as in rusty wheel rims. I've never used it. Try Jamestown Distributors if you're still interested. They carry a line of it for boats.

Andrew

Here is what I would do.Mask off everywhere you don't want it ruined.sand the roof with 320 dry or 600 wet. Will give you the same results. Sand it down to factory primer, no more. Then take it to Macco and pay $250 more or less to have the roof sprayed. Done. It will look better. You will spend about the same amount of money buying black paint this and that and still get crappy results. My 2 cents.