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New to me car, lacquer peel on the scuttle and also on the bonnet.
The scuttle are is shown in the pic, some has gone completely but there's water under about the same area again.
Thinking gentle remove the loose then a gentle wet sand with 2000 grit followed by a rattle can lacquer?
The bit on the bonnet is around a stone chip. Chip close to 10mm x 10mm, peel just about 1mm surrounding the chip.
Any suggestions for a home fix please.
The scuttle are is shown in the pic, some has gone completely but there's water under about the same area again.
Thinking gentle remove the loose then a gentle wet sand with 2000 grit followed by a rattle can lacquer?
The bit on the bonnet is around a stone chip. Chip close to 10mm x 10mm, peel just about 1mm surrounding the chip.
Any suggestions for a home fix please.
Edited by Skyedriver on Friday 7th March 19:20
Id take it to a bodyshop personally as anything you do may make it worse, could have been painted before. I have a similar thing happening on a car door but i think it has been painted before and poorly blended or prepped.
Not sure how you would stop it really, i suppose you need to stop the water ingress which would mean clear coating it up to a prepped masked line?
Not sure how you would stop it really, i suppose you need to stop the water ingress which would mean clear coating it up to a prepped masked line?
That happens when a poor repair is made. Likely because the clear was applied outside the recoat window. It can also happen when someone tries to burn clear over clear on spot repair but it looks like an entire sheet of clear is peeling off so I doubt it.
There's nothing that you can do other than sanding it all the way back and re applying base and clear.
There's nothing that you can do other than sanding it all the way back and re applying base and clear.
I have little meddle with spraying with rattle cans but never had any success with laquer. When I give in and take it to the pros I notice my car comes back with laquer overspray in various areas on the car far from the actual repair, which to me means they cover a large area to blend in a small repair.
My little Fiesta has a bit of laquer peeling, to improve it in the meantime I try to get any lifted laquer off and then polish the area with a Polish that has bit of cut in it like MER. If you polish the whole car it won’t be perfect but still looks good.
My little Fiesta has a bit of laquer peeling, to improve it in the meantime I try to get any lifted laquer off and then polish the area with a Polish that has bit of cut in it like MER. If you polish the whole car it won’t be perfect but still looks good.
If you make a spot repair, say to a door that had a dent which needed to be filled. Paint can be applied on that one area of the panel where the repair is made, then the rest of the panel is sanded down to maybe 600 or 1000 grit and re-cleared.
A half arsed repair would be to sand a small part of the panel around the repair and apply clear to that area, then go back to with reducer and burn the old clear with the new clear. Or blend in the clear and burn it in with reducer instead of sanding. This is a recipe for disaster.
A half arsed repair would be to sand a small part of the panel around the repair and apply clear to that area, then go back to with reducer and burn the old clear with the new clear. Or blend in the clear and burn it in with reducer instead of sanding. This is a recipe for disaster.
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