Roof paint problems... wrap, lacquer, or full paint?
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My daughter got a Mini One for cheap, one of the reasons being the knackered paint on the roof. What's the easiest & cheapest way to make it presentable?
1. Wrap with satin black vinyl - how much would this be for a roof considering roof bars & aerial may need removing?
2. Rub down to remove the lacquer and re-lacquer, or would the red paint be damaged under it?
3. Proper send back to primer, re-prime, paint and lacquer?
Rest of car for reference
1. Wrap with satin black vinyl - how much would this be for a roof considering roof bars & aerial may need removing?
2. Rub down to remove the lacquer and re-lacquer, or would the red paint be damaged under it?
3. Proper send back to primer, re-prime, paint and lacquer?
Rest of car for reference
Matt_E_Mulsion said:
Would it show the lacquer defects up if you look closely at it?
Really easy solution to that one....I personally would ignore it; spending money on a cheap car is a folly particularly if it's just on cosmetics, but if forced I'd certainly go no further than paying some local herberts from "Daz's Wrapz" or the like to put a black wrap on the roof - you'll need to take the other hardware off if you're going to burn a few hundred quid painting it too.
It's a shed though, they are best used and enjoyed and any spend put towards the next shed.
As an aside I once ran a Rover 114i (Metro) with incredibly flaky lacquer all over, and would regularly come back to it to find someone standing there picking at the lacquer because it was almost irresistible not to
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 28th December 11:34
gmaz said:
My daughter got a Mini One for cheap, one of the reasons being the knackered paint on the roof. What's the easiest & cheapest way to make it presentable?
1. Wrap with satin black vinyl - how much would this be for a roof considering roof bars & aerial may need removing?
2. Rub down to remove the lacquer and re-lacquer, or would the red paint be damaged under it?
3. Proper send back to primer, re-prime, paint and lacquer?
You have an adhesion problem between the colour coat & the clearcoat. What's left will follow the rest.1. Wrap with satin black vinyl - how much would this be for a roof considering roof bars & aerial may need removing?
2. Rub down to remove the lacquer and re-lacquer, or would the red paint be damaged under it?
3. Proper send back to primer, re-prime, paint and lacquer?
Taking your options in order my advice would be:
1. Wrap needs to be applied to a good sound surface. You COULD do as is as a DIY over what's there but I doubt a professional wrapper would touch it.
2. Don't bother.
3. Sand back to sound surface - bare metal if necessary - and refinish.
I would do a combo. I wouldn’t vinyl wrap as it is as the finish may well look lumpy.
I’d sand it back to bare metal, then wrap it. The advantage of the Mini brand is that a lot of them are quirky, so a wrapped roof won’t make it stand out. Other makes and models would look terrible, you’ll get away with on a Mini.
I’d sand it back to bare metal, then wrap it. The advantage of the Mini brand is that a lot of them are quirky, so a wrapped roof won’t make it stand out. Other makes and models would look terrible, you’ll get away with on a Mini.
stickleback123 said:
Really easy solution to that one....
I personally would ignore it; spending money on a cheap car is a folly particularly if it's just on cosmetics, but if forced I'd certainly go no further than paying some local herberts from "Daz's Wrapz" or the like to put a black wrap on the roof - you'll need to take the other hardware off if you're going to burn a few hundred quid painting it too.
It's a shed though, they are best used and enjoyed and any spend put towards the next shed.
As an aside I once ran a Rover 114i (Metro) with incredibly flaky lacquer all over, and would regularly come back to it to find someone standing there picking at the lacquer because it was almost irresistible not to
Agreed. I personally would ignore it; spending money on a cheap car is a folly particularly if it's just on cosmetics, but if forced I'd certainly go no further than paying some local herberts from "Daz's Wrapz" or the like to put a black wrap on the roof - you'll need to take the other hardware off if you're going to burn a few hundred quid painting it too.
It's a shed though, they are best used and enjoyed and any spend put towards the next shed.
As an aside I once ran a Rover 114i (Metro) with incredibly flaky lacquer all over, and would regularly come back to it to find someone standing there picking at the lacquer because it was almost irresistible not to
Edited by stickleback123 on Tuesday 28th December 11:34
If you can’t DIY it, the costs to sort professionally normally exceed the difference of buying a better condition car in the first place.
Satin vinyl will hide the lacquer problems to some degree, and it shouldn’t be too hard to sand/flick off the failed edges to consolidate them first but any severe edges will still show through.
Thicker, textured vinyl would be a better option if you were focusing on hiding the problem.
An even better solution would be to find a local back street paint shop and ask for a quote on them spraying it in black the next time they have black paint in the gun for another job.
Thicker, textured vinyl would be a better option if you were focusing on hiding the problem.
An even better solution would be to find a local back street paint shop and ask for a quote on them spraying it in black the next time they have black paint in the gun for another job.
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