Viva La Bloke Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) The paint on my car admittedly is crap, but none the less I still keep her clean and polish when we have good days, doing some work on the car today and I noticed this on my passenger door and on the front edge of my bonnet ? It must have happened recently as I'm 99.9% sure it wasn't like it the last time I washed it. Any one have any idea what may have caused this ? Edited January 5, 2013 by Viva La Bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.peebles Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Normally rust will cause the paint bubble up, Any break in the paint work at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle_winterburn Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 That is strange over such a spread area. Does it feel bumpy to touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva La Bloke Posted January 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 That is strange over such a spread area. Does it feel bumpy to touch Very lol Normally rust will cause the paint bubble up, Any break in the paint work at all? Not that I can see, it's done it informs of the headlights on the bumper aswell though so can't be that ? Might take it to a bodyshop Monday see what they say ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide boy Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Ur cars looking like a plucked chicken dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.peebles Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 If its not rust then I would suggest its been in contact with some form of chemical that it really hasn't agreed with - the fact that it is small bumps all over the place is really strange. Unfortunately you wont find out if there's anything sinister going on underneath unless you rub the paint back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonskyring Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Is it just on one panel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva La Bloke Posted January 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Ur cars looking like a plucked chicken dude Lol brilliant Is it just on one panel? No it's on the door and a little bit on bonnet and bumper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonskyring Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Very unlikely to be rust over such a large area...are there any signs of a previous repair on these areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva La Bloke Posted January 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Very unlikely to be rust over such a large area...are there any signs of a previous repair on these areas? As said the paint on the car is crap a few areas look like they've been poorly rattle canned (previous owner I'd like to add lol) so I wouldn't be surprised if this areas been spray by aerosol cans ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 as said somewhere above that looks more like a chemical reaction to something that has got onto the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 what year is your gen 6, as early ones can suffer from laquer problems and develope scabies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ambermile Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 I am thinking that's had some work done and maybe two-pack over water based or vice versa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva La Bloke Posted January 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 what year is your gen 6, as early ones can suffer from laquer problems and develope scabies It's a 95 M reg got bad lacquer peel on the driver side rear quarter aswell :-( why are full resprays so damn expensive lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 It's a 95 M reg got bad lacquer peel on the driver side rear quarter aswell :-( why are full resprays so damn expensive lol I would say the laquer on the other ares is starting to go too silver, red and the weirder dark greens and blues seem to peel pretty bad depends really but a respray could be £500 or £5000 I can get a full car for £500 done properly but i need to strip and mask the car for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianGT Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Frost can do that if the top layer of paint hasn't keyed to the one below.......it makes the moisture in between shrink and expand with the heat/frost cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_jnz Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Probably be able to buy and swap the doors over cheaper than the respray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 when i had back wing resprayed the same thing happened, but bigger bubbles, its the paint used as suggested. best thing is to have it cut back to metal and start again, all my paint work that has been done is all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowchinaman Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 This is caused by water. Who ever sprayed your car didn't have a working or very good element filter or a clean air line. Basically the air from the compressor is from the atmosphere. It contains condensation. The same air is blown down the lines to power the air gun which paints your car. The water in the air is mixed with the paint. After the layers of primer and base paint then clear coat, you have water trapped in your paint work. Over time it would expand and contract and because the water can't escape, it creates this chicken skin effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianGT Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 This is caused by water. Who ever sprayed your car didn't have a working or very good element filter or a clean air line. Basically the air from the compressor is from the atmosphere. It contains condensation. The same air is blown down the lines to power the air gun which paints your car. The water in the air is mixed with the paint. After the layers of primer and base paint then clear coat, you have water trapped in your paint work. Over time it would expand and contract and because the water can't escape, it creates this chicken skin effect. Ray....that's what I meant about frost....the cold weather then the sun the heat cycles cause the water to bubble.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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