Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This?
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '06
Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This?
Just finished a Dupont Chromabase on a 54 hotrod. Everything looks great except when you put it in the heat of the sun the rear quarters get small wrinkles. When it cools they go away. I'm hoping this goes away over time. I hate to have a car I can only drive at night, especially since this one is made to look good in the sun. It's 50th anniversary red! :eek:
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '06
Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (Redmanf1)
All compatible Dupont products. I painted years ago before all the new stuff. I've never seen a reaction that would come and go. They just come and stay. A pro did this job and he's never seen anything like it either. All I can figure is air trapped in the glass pores. They get hot and try to get out. They cool down and shrink. Over time it will break thru if that is what it is. :mad
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Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (vettes1st)
I've seen this happen before. It is not good news. I don't know exactly what caused it but I don't think you are ever going to be happy. A few years back we had the Repr. take a look, he could figure it out. The paint came off in sheets. Some how you lost the bond between coats. Sorry :cry
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St. Jude Donor '06
Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (RESPO6T7)
Any way to determine if this is the problem before it starts falling off. I hate to assemble the car and then have to do everything again. Of course I hate to do the paint over too, but easier now than later. :smash:
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Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (vettes1st)
Can't take your car in the sun!!! :eek: :crazy: :nono: :nono:
I hate to say it but.... You have to get this resolved..
If it's just the rear quarters, I would bite the bullet and redo it now..
They shoud be able to strip it down and hopfully find and resolve the problem.
I wouldn't want to put it all back together to be disappointed later..
Check closly to be sure how much is actually affected.
Since the paint is fresh paint match shouldn't be too bad.
This sounds like my kind of luck :banghead:
I wish you the Best of Luck on this one
Tony
I hate to say it but.... You have to get this resolved..
If it's just the rear quarters, I would bite the bullet and redo it now..
They shoud be able to strip it down and hopfully find and resolve the problem.
I wouldn't want to put it all back together to be disappointed later..
Check closly to be sure how much is actually affected.
Since the paint is fresh paint match shouldn't be too bad.
This sounds like my kind of luck :banghead:
I wish you the Best of Luck on this one
Tony
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Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (pittsaj)
Talk to the paint representatives first...they will want to see it...and take samples....Hopefully they reimburse you... :thumbs:
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Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (Desertdawg)
Material is cheap compared to labor! If the sun ever shines here again, I'm going to cycle it and see what happens. :crazy:
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Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (vettes1st)
Wayne Sorry to hear about all the trouble.
Good Luck on fixing it.
Good Luck on fixing it.
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Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (vettes1st)
I had an issue like this on a lacquer job I did some years ago with RM paints. The paint rep told me that it was due to trapped solvents in the primer that were lifting the paint above. The only way to fix it is to strip it back down to the bare panel. The only thing I can think of that could have caused it were my cleaning the primered surface with enamel reducer a couple of hours before I started painting.
The rep asked me how many professional painters I knew. When I told him "just a couple" he asked me if they were heavy drinkers. Thinking about it for a minute I told him they were. "Now you know why!" was his response.
Sorry to hear about your paint problem!
The rep asked me how many professional painters I knew. When I told him "just a couple" he asked me if they were heavy drinkers. Thinking about it for a minute I told him they were. "Now you know why!" was his response.
Sorry to hear about your paint problem!
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Re: Paint Problem-Anybody Seen This? (LemansBlue68)
I may regret it later, but I decided to leave it alone. It's been a month and nothing is showing right now. I'm waiting as long as possible before I put it in the hot sun. Hoping somehow that those trapped volitiles get out. :crazy:
