car covers & micro blistering
Discussion
Anyone got advice or experience with car covers & micro blistering ?
I kept my 71 GT Junior in a lock up last winter (single garage type, with a internal car cover over it (a genuine alfa showroom one). But it appears to have micro blistering along the swaglines of the car now, which were never there before.
Is this down to having any type of cover on the car in a non heated garage, or would a breathable car cover have prevented this ?
I kept my 71 GT Junior in a lock up last winter (single garage type, with a internal car cover over it (a genuine alfa showroom one). But it appears to have micro blistering along the swaglines of the car now, which were never there before.
Is this down to having any type of cover on the car in a non heated garage, or would a breathable car cover have prevented this ?
Jamie,
I've heard of microblistering going away if the car was put into a low bake oven for 24 hours. I'd like to see it to believe it.
It turns a good car into a good 6 foot car, i.e. good from more than six feet away.
My Daimler SP250 has blistering, althou I'm told that Daimler used to rub down the fibreglass wet in the factory, so the moisture coming out is from the original build, not from impurities in the paint. The only consolation is that I'm no longer worried about the paintwork so it's a driving car not a looking car unless it gets a £5k gel coat respray; not in my ownership it won't.
Regarding breathable covers, would you want to risk it on a good car?
I've heard of microblistering going away if the car was put into a low bake oven for 24 hours. I'd like to see it to believe it.
It turns a good car into a good 6 foot car, i.e. good from more than six feet away.
My Daimler SP250 has blistering, althou I'm told that Daimler used to rub down the fibreglass wet in the factory, so the moisture coming out is from the original build, not from impurities in the paint. The only consolation is that I'm no longer worried about the paintwork so it's a driving car not a looking car unless it gets a £5k gel coat respray; not in my ownership it won't.
Regarding breathable covers, would you want to risk it on a good car?
I am not exactly sure how micro-blistering occurs. All I know is that after a cold winter in a rather damp garage covered in a non-breathable car cover there were micro-blisters all over the bodywork.
I had assumed that it was moisture in the gelcoat freezing and forming bubbles under the paint. If I burst the blisters there is some form of liquid underneath. I would be interested to try the "bake in oven" theory, otherwise it is a full re-spray.
I had assumed that it was moisture in the gelcoat freezing and forming bubbles under the paint. If I burst the blisters there is some form of liquid underneath. I would be interested to try the "bake in oven" theory, otherwise it is a full re-spray.
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