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  • Paint defect

    Hello Everybody,

    It has been some months but I'm back!
    My vette was painted in november (about 7 months ago) She looked perfect with a little orange peel and a few dust spots but nothing serious. Last weekend I was bussy with the front bumper and say some weird forms in the paint. It's not orange peel but it looks like a raw polyester / fiberglass texture that is visible trough the paint. Weird thing is I know it wasn't there before! It's not all across the car but some spots left and right. Not heavy but you can see it in the reflection you don't feel it.
    I'm going to call the painter tomorrow and I know it's not a problem and he will fix the problem by polishing it (I think). But because Vette's are an American product maybe somebody has seen this problem before and know the cause of the problem.

    The vette was sanded to just above the bare fiberglass and then build up with one or more epoxy layers, ground base coating and then 3 or 4 layers black, 2 layers clear. Polished and after a few weeks another 2 clear. I think this is it but maybe after the epoxy there could be more or other layers.

    My question is, do you recognize this problem and what is it?
    Don't look at my finger it's just for focussing the camera. Look at the line where the light meets the shadow.



    Thank you,
    Groeten (Greetings) Peter

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    Re: Paint defect

    Hi Peer81, i think thats very common to repainted car. If you want to minimal the look, i think you can polish it but it won't boost up. Still, you have to consider the clear coat layer.

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    • #3
      Re: Paint defect

      Tough to tell but looks like the following...

      1) Scratches that were not removed during the sanding and buffing process... Looks like there are D/A and hand scratches.

      and/or

      2) Scratches in the primer from prepping, and now that the paint is curing, it is shrinking back and revealing the scratches.

      Either way, the shop should be able to re-sand and polish the effected areas.

      Mike
      Mike Pennington
      Director of Global Training, Events and Consumer Relations
      Meguiar's, Inc.
      800-854-8073
      mpennington@meguiars.com

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      • #4
        Re: Paint defect

        Thanks for the replies.

        I contacted the shop today and they said that bringing it back after I finished the car isn't a problem. Probably sanding and polishing.

        The car also has some minor orange peel areas so (wet) sanding and polishing the whole car is still what I'm intending to do
        Thanks!

        Groeten Peter

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        • #5
          Re: Paint defect

          Fantastic news the shop is working with you !!

          Let us know how she turns out.

          Mike
          Mike Pennington
          Director of Global Training, Events and Consumer Relations
          Meguiar's, Inc.
          800-854-8073
          mpennington@meguiars.com

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