Come out in a rash!
Discussion
This morning I was just about to take my purple monster into Bath to have a new windscreen fitted, so before I left, I thought I would give it a quick wash down. When I started to chamois the thing off, I noticed that hundreds of pimples have come up all over the tops of the front wings, bonnet and head lamp housings.
I have left my car outside for a nearly a month now as my garage has been taken up with a kitchen and other DIY projects .
What are the pimples? Where have they come from?. I haven’t had time to completely examine it, but it looks like its defiantly part of the paint that has risen, rather than something on top of the paint.
The front end has had a blow over in the past by on of the previous owners, but I have had it now for six months. I washed the car a fortnight ago and the pimples were not there then.
I am tearing my hear out with rage…. A front end respray was not what I had planed for a Christmas present.
I wonder if the builders next door replacing a roof have let something go in the air, although it’s strange that its only on the front, and on the tops. Look a dusting of rain when you stand back, or fine spray form a hose pipe.
Grrrrrrrrrrr
I have left my car outside for a nearly a month now as my garage has been taken up with a kitchen and other DIY projects .
What are the pimples? Where have they come from?. I haven’t had time to completely examine it, but it looks like its defiantly part of the paint that has risen, rather than something on top of the paint.
The front end has had a blow over in the past by on of the previous owners, but I have had it now for six months. I washed the car a fortnight ago and the pimples were not there then.
I am tearing my hear out with rage…. A front end respray was not what I had planed for a Christmas present.
I wonder if the builders next door replacing a roof have let something go in the air, although it’s strange that its only on the front, and on the tops. Look a dusting of rain when you stand back, or fine spray form a hose pipe.
Grrrrrrrrrrr
There was some talk a few years ago (yes, I have been around that long!) about moisture in the glass fibre causing pimples to appear on the paintwork. This usually happens because the glass fibre has not been allowed to cure properly before the paint has been applied.
I could be talking complete bollox though!
I could be talking complete bollox though!
I was told by the local dealer at the time's bodyshop, that they are microblisters in the paint caused by moisture in the fibreglass being drawn to the surface when a car is being exposed to extremes of temperture when sitting around/parked up. i.e sitting in sunlight then a cold night. He said that they might recede in time.
i had this on the boot of my chim,pop the blisters thay contain water,i was told it could be, water in the are line when spraying,pore fiber glass,is the fiber glass is painted on both sides,water proof covers that dont allow paint/body work breath.
no one realy had the answer.the end came when the whole car was resprayed.no more blisters.had the car back eight weeks now no probs just hope it dont come back.
no one realy had the answer.the end came when the whole car was resprayed.no more blisters.had the car back eight weeks now no probs just hope it dont come back.
i have found in the past with microblisters,that each painter as hes own opinion of what causes the problem(moisture in airline,poor materials etc)but in all due respect,they often just shrug there shoulders and say they cant be certain what caused the fault,if its any help i had a ford years ago that had a bare metal respray,and after about 12 months i had a small rash (size of a penny)on the roof(no it was not corrosion)a single skin panel,nothing there before,this fault got no worse in the time i kept the car 4 years approx.painters & owners nightmare methinks.
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