Any Paint Experts in the House?

[jeff666]

Bluevanman said:

jeff666 said:

I'm guessing old screen cut out then paintwork done hence not seeing the cut marks,

I could be wrong as you would usually clean the screen adhesive back to bare before painting.

You said it was a shell from the factory,not one that had been repainted.
Yes you would expect the bodyshop to remove that before painting.
From my experience it's usually a bugger to remove,it adheres that well it I've ended up grinding it off ......not done any 911's mind.

I'm not the OP,

but yes seems odd if it is from the factory, I wonder if the sealer you can see has anything to do with the rivets around the surround ? some sort of spacing before glass fitment maybe.

Glassman is more qualified than me as I send all my glass work to a local company when removing and refitting glass nowadays.

Edit, possibly a tape that you take off before fitting the glass, that way the bond is direct to the factory primer rather than a painted surface.

Edited by jeff666 on Friday 19th April 22:27

[Glassman]

Bluevanman said:

Glassman said:

I fit windscreens for a living.

And ?
If that's screen adhesive how come it's body colour?

The bodyshell in the picture was ordered from Porsche. This is how it arrived; in colour. There was a masked line where the windscreen adhesive makes contact when you eventually come to fit the glass. I p[eeled that tape off. The connection to my original post is that it is clearly seen as a better substrate for PUR to bond to.