Peeling paint, need some advise. Please...
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Peeling paint, need some advise. Please...
Hi,
I need to ask about paint and realise it's a vauge question with a ton of causes, so... here goes..
I am looking at a vette and the car is nice but the paint is peeling off in what appears to be sheets.. some areas are as big as a square foot.. I can geuss bad prep, maybe, i don't know..... what can be expected to repair it correctly... Can it be something wiped over the glass that is perminetly embeded??
I need to ask about paint and realise it's a vauge question with a ton of causes, so... here goes..
I am looking at a vette and the car is nice but the paint is peeling off in what appears to be sheets.. some areas are as big as a square foot.. I can geuss bad prep, maybe, i don't know..... what can be expected to repair it correctly... Can it be something wiped over the glass that is perminetly embeded??
Le Mans Master
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Hard to say. It is probably just bad prep work. Is there color under the flaked off parts? If so someone probably just sanded a little on the old paint and did a quick spray job for resale.
I actually had this happen to me from a dealer who sold me a "new" Camaro. The paint started to flake off. I took it back to them and after MUCH difficulty, managed to get them to admit the car had been wrecked, repaired, quick sprayed and then sold as a new car!
I actually had this happen to me from a dealer who sold me a "new" Camaro. The paint started to flake off. I took it back to them and after MUCH difficulty, managed to get them to admit the car had been wrecked, repaired, quick sprayed and then sold as a new car!
Melting Slicks
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It could be almost anything, from a Maaco no prep respray to oil soaked glass from many possible sources. Yes it can likely be repaired, but I would allow $10,000 (yes, ten thousand) dollars budget to have whatever's wrong fixed correctly. You might get off for less, but it would suck to find you'd overpaid for a car with major problems hidden under bad paint. Unless the car's really, really cheap perhaps you'd be better off continuing to shop.
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Even thow i'm not an expert in paint, if it was a steel car i would geuss going to bare metal and going from there... what i'm worried about is i've heard of "soaked fiberglass" before and that this problem can come back... With car prices taking such a hit i think i will let this one go..
sadly, someone will buy it, paint and flip it and someone else may have a peeling problem in the near future...
sadly, someone will buy it, paint and flip it and someone else may have a peeling problem in the near future...
Burning Brakes
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peeling paint comes mostly from the paint not sprayed on in the
FLASH TIME needed for the primer, aound 10 minites, or if that Flash TIME was missed and the primer was not scuffed before spraying the color. This has happened to GM< FORD AND DODGE in the early 90's on new cars. They waited to long to spray the COLOR coat and the primer FLASHED or dryed to much and the paint PEELED off in sheets.
The big three had massive recalls and repaintd millions of cars.
FLASH TIME needed for the primer, aound 10 minites, or if that Flash TIME was missed and the primer was not scuffed before spraying the color. This has happened to GM< FORD AND DODGE in the early 90's on new cars. They waited to long to spray the COLOR coat and the primer FLASHED or dryed to much and the paint PEELED off in sheets.
The big three had massive recalls and repaintd millions of cars.
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peeling paint comes mostly from the paint not sprayed on in the
FLASH TIME needed for the primer, aound 10 minites, or if that Flash TIME was missed and the primer was not scuffed before spraying the color. This has happened to GM< FORD AND DODGE in the early 90's on new cars. They waited to long to spray the COLOR coat and the primer FLASHED or dryed to much and the paint PEELED off in sheets.
The big three had massive recalls and repaintd millions of cars.
FLASH TIME needed for the primer, aound 10 minites, or if that Flash TIME was missed and the primer was not scuffed before spraying the color. This has happened to GM< FORD AND DODGE in the early 90's on new cars. They waited to long to spray the COLOR coat and the primer FLASHED or dryed to much and the paint PEELED off in sheets.
The big three had massive recalls and repaintd millions of cars.
If the paint is peeling off in sheets. If clear only peeling off it's the clearcoat; if coloured then it's the basecoat and clearcoat or a single stage paint. Either way; a trip to a bodyshop is in order. There is no quick/easy fix for this. It is a lack-of-bonding issue.
