I’ve had small setbacks before, but
this one is a costly one. Almost all the
first paint job, henceforth known as “1.0”, peeled off. I’m talking in big sheets. As an astute fellow Alpiner put it, “you have
an adhesion problem” – he’s known for such spot-on insights.
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| One of the BIG Sheets. This is the clear coat side. |
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| Same piece but the base coat side. Notice that it's blue, not primer color. |
So, what went wrong? HellifIknow at this point, but I have several suspects:
Primer: If you remember, I had trouble with the base coat “pulling” the primer (re-sprayers’ speak for when the solvents in one coat seeps into the substrate coat and dissolve it, wrinkling the substrate). Maybe it was the wrong primer, but it’s what the paint store guys said was the correct primer; maybe I didn’t wait long enough before spraying the base coat, maybe I waited too long, not sure. But as the pics above show, it let go between the base coats. (I'm saying that because the back of the peeled piece is blue and the place on the car where it peeled is also blue.)
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| All of it peeled off so easily! |
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| Note the blue on Alphie and the peels. |
Working Theory: The first coat of base coat seems to be the
problem, but I’m not sure why.
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| Current state of "1.0" - we shall not discuss how many quid are in this bin! |
What to do: 1). RESEARCH!
Burn up Google about “adhesion problems.” 2). Talk to as many
car painters as I can about what may have gone wrong.
Tentative Plans: (meaning plans
may change if research dictates) I hope to only respray the exterior body, not the
boot interior, interior, windscreen frame, engine compartment and all the body
color bits like hinges, cowl vents, etc., mainly because the thought re-prepping
all that exhausts me. 2K Primer: Clearly,
I should have used 2K primer on the entire car. So, back to bare metal where
there is no body filler (I don’t want to rework the body again!) and spray
everything with 2K.
Guide Coat (again): (I used a
guide coat on the first go-round, for the record.) I’ll check, but I don’t think I must shoot
base coat/clear coat over the 2K immediately.
I hope to shoot the entire car with 2K, then check all the body work
with a guide coat and fix things as needed.
I fear taking everything down to metal may screw up the body work.
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| A little troubling here - 1.0 peeled at the primer on this bit of scuttle. |
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| 14 inchers on boss dollies! |
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| While I have you, what do you think of the 14" wheels? In my little opinion, they're are too big. They fill the wells, but they look like a kid wearing his big brother's shoes. |
3 comments:
Faaaarrrr out, that's so bad , I'm feeling very sorry for you it's not just waste money on the paint but all of the time required to get it all done again, I hope you have a better result next time, I've been using a red oxide primer on the car as I go on the panel repairs to protect them as I'm fairly close to the ocean so the salt in the air can be bad at times but I started getting worried about whether the acrylic paint I'm using for the finished coat would bond I've done some test parts and so far so good but I'm still nervous best of luck with the repaint cheers Andy
Oh forgot to comment on the wheels I've got a set of 14 inch MGB wheels for mine as well and I think I agree with you they just don't look quite right the car my look better when everything goes back in and it get lower
Andy! I wanted to get someone else to paint Alphie, but body shops 1. didn't want to paint an entire car, not a quick job on a car they can easily move around a shop and 2. absolutely didn't wnat to paint a car that has someone else's body work. So, I had to paint it myself. I still don't know EXACTY what went wrong, but I'll figure it out.
I'm learning that 13 inch tires are made of unobtainium!
Slave on my friend!
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