Respray rear arches - bubbling paint 2 days later

[Evoman]

Picked up the wife's Suzuki Swift from a local bodyshop that I have used before to do work and been very pleased with the results.

The work was to paint rear arches (bubbling on one side next to the bumper). Car was picked up Friday, today we noticed bubbling of the paint in that same area where there was rusty coloured bubbling before.

So what to do? Would suggest the repair has not been done properly. I will give them the option of redoing it properly and ask for photos of the repair to demonstrate the work has been completed to the correct standards. And I intend to ask for a 2 year guarantee (he provided similar for front wings repainted on a Alfa and it held it up well).

But I must say I have lost confidence now in the workmanship. I mean this can't happen unless the work was somewhat 'bodged' right?

[Tyrell Corp]

take it back...it could just be a paint reaction that has bubbled up after you took it, better now than a year later.

even a bodger would easily flat down that as a minimum.

[Glassman]

Evoman said:

So what to do? Would suggest the repair has not been done properly.

I think taking it back for their attention should be enough.

[darreni]

Have they also sprayed the gap between the panels?

[ridds]

That is absolutely horrific.

There's enough mistakes there before the bubbling that I wouldn't have taken it away.

[V8covin]

The curvature of the bodyline is wrong too.
Take it back asap

[Glassman]

V8covin said:

The curvature of the bodyline is wrong too.
Take it back asap

[BrownEaredDog]

Late reply so I suppose OP has already dealt with things, but my guess is that they needed to get some filler slapped on there.

They didn't mix the filler/hardener well enough and obviously didn't notice the air bubbles. Painter didn't notice either of course; primes and paints then the car goes in the oven where the trapped air expands. The paint and lacquer is still elastic in the oven so the bubbles don't break the surface, but the filler is hardened now so they have nowhere to go.

Looks like an uneven fill too - rush job so the filler didn't harden before they'd finished in the summer heat. They should have used less hardener, but hoped the short cut would work.

A surprising amount of our work comes from dealers who have attempted these small jobs and failed.