Car paintwork issue.

[Salty seadog]

The lacquer is fast coming of the roof of my car. This is spreading fast. I've made cursory enquiries and been told a respray is about the only thing that will sort it. The car is a 15 year old corolla and has never given me any trouble in all that time so is staying until it explodes like a clown car.

Any cheaper options than a respray?

 

[vickster]

looks like one for @screenman

 

[iateyoubutler]

Can you not just have the roof sprayed? Why do you need to do the whole car?

 

[Salty seadog]

Can you not just have the roof sprayed? Why do you need to do the whole car?

It would only be the roof.

 

[Drago]

Rub down and repaint. Or get the roof vinyl wrapped, a la vinyl roofs of old.

 

[Markymark]

Problem solved.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

It happened to a Saxo owned by Mrs SJ. With a fifteen year old car I'd just live with it.

 

[vickster]

It happened to a Saxo owned by Mrs SJ. With a fifteen year old car I'd just live with it.

This, if you do spend money on a respray, sod's law the engine will go bang the very next day after you collect from the bodyshop!

 

[Lee_M]

leave it, and call it patina?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Problem solved.

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Those are fun. I drove one of them once. It was a Toyota 16-seater modified and used as a glorified wheelbarrow at a large ornamental plant nursery. Before the chop it was a staff taxi but after the accident it became a farm vehicle. It had no gunwale at all, just a flat floor, some wheel arches and the bit in front. It was something else to drive in that it didn't seem to use it's own suspension anymore, it just flexed to keep all four wheels on the ground. It twisted like a koeksister and flapped like a blanket in the wind over every little bump in the road. If you timed the speedhumps on the farm correctly you could get lift-off for whatever or whoever was positioned behind the rear axle.

 

[biggs682]

It happened to a Saxo owned by Mrs SJ. With a fifteen year old car I'd just live with it.

would be my choice or as others mentioned look at having just the roof Vinyl wrapped in either same colour or a contrasting one

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4804417, member: 9609"]I once painted a lorry cab with oil based paints you would do the woodwork in a house with, just applied it with a brush, it looked fine, nobody ever said WTF's that. In fact folk used to comment, 'she's lookin good'
Some of these modern water based paints are very quick drying, it could look a 1000x better for a tenner - it's no going to look like a new merc but I doubt anyone would notice or care walking passed it on the street.[/QUOTE]

Which waterbourne paint would you suggest that would stand up to the good old british weather?

 

[dan_bo]

Slap a confederate flag on it.

 

[screenman]

That roof had been painted before using a single pack laquer at which the time solvent block occurred, as in first coat not left long enough before second applied. I would give a local vynil wrapper a call, go a basic black or something for around £100 or less. You would have to smooth it off first, but seeing as it is single pack then a few hours with thinners would do the job.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Clear over base..respray or just ignore..
A good flat and polish might do the trick but you need to know what's what with that.

Try a good cutting compound like G3 or similar first..ask at a good car spares shop or auto paint supplier.


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