Car expert needed (Paintwork)
I have an old MX-5 (yeah, yeah, hairdresser car i know), and the lacquer finish is starting to degrade badly on the car and the paint is starting to oxydise quite badly too, leaving a once lovelly red car a bit like a flakey Scotsman after a few days at the beach.
The question is - could i remove the lacquer finish? Would that be wise? Or should i take it to a body shop to be relacquered and buffed and polished or would it take a re-spray? Any ideas? |
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Budweiser is the resident 'bodyshop' expert, but isn't logged in atm :)
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Cool, i'll keep an eye out for him. :tu:
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Could you not T-cut the car.
This removes the top layer of ****e. Then wax to bring a nice shine |
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Which panels are starting to have the lacquer flake off? Usually if its flaking off, it means having to take the panel back to metal and repainting it to avoid any problems. It could be that it`s been painted in the paste( Not very well!) and it hasn`t been prepared for painting properly. |
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Does red paint suffer more from these types of problems? My boss had a red car which became very dull and tatty looking, he used Mer products (not a very good advert for them!) but swore that the use of a pressure washer caused the paint to lose it's shine.
I'm only asking because I've just swapped my Pepper Red Ka for a Ford Focus - Colorado Red! :rofl: |
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Or just look on the chassis plate and look for the paint code which will be something like " L97" or the like. |
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So it looks like a trip to the bodyshop is the only option concidering that the lacquer is coming off (quit a bit too) then?
Any ideas on the price (im thinking a lot here though!) Incidentally its coming off the driver door and the front two wings. |
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