Paint Problem

maxwell smart · 13-09-2011 7:25pm #1

Hi

I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on getting this paint problem sorted?

Owen · 13-09-2011 7:31pm

Peeling lacquer - nothing you'll really be able to do yourself I'm afraid unless you're very skilled. Would have to go to a bodyshop, have the clearcoat sanded back, new base coat applied, and new lacquer on top again.

kevin65 · 13-09-2011 7:32pm

maxwell smart wrote: »

Hi

I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on getting this paint problem sorted?

Are you thinking of just touching up the affected areas? This looks like the lacquer coat has peeled off the base coat. A cheap solution is to clean the affected panel and apply clear lacquer by aerosol. Wait a couple of weeks for repair to harden then T Cut and polish full panel. Result will depend on how well the areas are repainted. A professional would probably repaint the full panel.

Owen · 13-09-2011 7:34pm

kevin65 wrote: »

Are you thinking of just touching up the affected areas? This looks like the lacquer coat has peeled off the base coat. A cheap solution is to clean the affected panel and apply clear lacquer by aerosol.

That won't work. No matter how smooth you feather the edges of the lacquer, it'll be very visible where the lacquer stops and starts. Put new lacquer down onto that, and you'll effectively be magnifying the problem.

Nonoperational · 13-09-2011 9:33pm

Could you sand back the whole door yourself and then re-lacquer it with cans? If you were on a serious budget...

Owen · 13-09-2011 11:11pm

You could, but you'll have to apply base coat first to cover up imperfections between the existing base coat, and the remaining lacquer. No matter how careful you are sanding, you'll either end up with lacquer remnants, or go down into the primer. It's best to just flat it out with a block and some 800/1200 wet & dry, then dry it off, base coat it, let that dry, and lacquer - but if you aren't sure what you're doing, you're as well off bringing it to someone who does, as it could end up being a dogs dinner and you'll be paying the next person not only to respray, but to rectify the muck up too making it more expensive overall

kevin65 · 14-09-2011 8:47am

If done carefully, touching up the peeled areas would look better than it looks now, but agree with Owen that it would be extremely difficult to get a good result. No point on trying to repaint a full panel with aerosols, you would have to get basecoat mixed to match and loaded into aerosol as well as buying clearcoat. Better to get refinished professionally.

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