It has to all come off, brand new paint job and Ive got moisture under it creating bubbles. Purchased the car a couple of years ago as a restored shell that had been painted and a whole lot of boxes, it all looked pretty **** good then. Over the last 2 years the imperfections have got steadily worse to a state where I wasnt happy with it. Just finished assembling it and thought "right, I better get the imperfections sorted" On investigating it, its the whole paint job, not just the visible imperfections. Oh well, scrape and sand it down to bare metal. Should have that sorted out in a night or so and cost no more than a couple of Lira. Tui
microblistering is caused when the paint is applied too thick, the top skin dries and the solvents underneath don't have time to evaporate - sometimes nothing shows for months on end, but eventually it comes through.
The steel has started to stain. Not badly, but if I dont take it back to bare steel I could possibly be doing the same thing in another couple of years
I have no recourse on the painter as I purchased it all ready painted, and I dont actually know who painted it. As for the cause, I beleive the type of high build primer that was used (and has subsequently been withdrawn from the market due to problems with moisture) asorbed moisture before the top coat was applied. Once applied it sealed the moisture in. Lesson is to either use a paint oven or dont paint in humud/damp conditions. Think the technology has moved on but Im a bit scared it might happen again. I would shoot myself if if did
If you need a recommendation for painting Dave Loose Panelbeaters in Keeling Rd in Henderson painted my Fiat 124 Sport Coupe many moons ago and did a nice job. He mostly does muscle cars and hot rods to a good standard.
Well since I initially posted this thread a lot has happened, just a shame it wasn't all on the Spider. My integrale got crashed into and destroyed, Got a 147 GTA, another baby appeared, finished doing the house up, changed jobs, sold house and bought another, had the spider half done at one painters and then had to find another one due to their lack of motivation to finish it and sort of learned how to half manage stress. Anyway looks as though I will get it back from the painters before Christmas
Hi all, my name's John and i've taken over the job of paint & panel on Marks Alfa.
Mark hasn't told or shown you a fraction of the work involved in 'fixing' the poor thing. But it will be done properly now and will look fantastic.
I've got LOTS of pic's of progress (I'm shocking when it comes to work i'm doing as i take hundreds of pic's, actually maybe a good thing as customer has a record).
Well since I initially posted this thread a lot has happened, just a shame it wasn't all on the Spider. My integrale got crashed into and destroyed, Got a 147 GTA, another baby appeared, finished doing the house up, changed jobs, sold house and bought another, had the spider half done at one painters and then had to find another one due to their lack of motivation to finish it and sort of learned how to half manage stress. Anyway looks as though I will get it back from the painters before Christmas
Craig, the car is staying blue. It's a very nice colour in person. Unfortunately we have no idea what it is so i had to find one that is close, so i ended up with Audi Sepangblau, code LY5Q. It's a 99% match to what's on the car now.
rooony, I used a 'strip-it' disc on a grinder. They're great for removing paint as they don't heat the panel and are a lot cleaner than using paint stripper.
As I'm only doing to outside I'm staying with the blue, and I actually really like it. Couldn't identify exactly what it was but as the whole exterior is being painted it does not actually matter. The "new" blue is very close but unsure on the code at the moment but can/will find out
At least you are taking the time to do it right. Do you now the original color? I am not very knowledgable on the earlier Alfa spiders, but wondering if that deep blue was an original Alfa color. Is the color code sticker still under the trunk lid? if so, what is it?
I simply used a hot air gun and scraper and scraped it off with very low temperature. It then went to the panel beaters so I am unsure on what further prep he did to bring it back to bare clean metal as shown in the recent photos.
I simply used a hot air gun and scraper and scraped it off with very low temperature. It then went to the panel beaters so I am unsure on what further prep he did to bring it back to bare clean metal as shown in the recent photos.
I would love to freshen up my '84 spider. Still has original Nero metallic paint in good condition but is cracked and chipped in a few areas. What does a full exterior re paint like this usually run with the body work?
same here, and same question. mostly just chips and a few dings. original lacquer paint still shines nicely, but is it more of a problem to remove lacquer?
I would , like OP, remove all the trim myself.
About how much does that cost to do, roughly?
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