Needs some advice from any paint guru's

[lee 16v]

Solvent pop dont look like this. It would be little pin holes, solvent pop is when the top coat drys before the solvent under it can get out.
Some reasons for solvent pop.
If you have the heat on to high or the heat lap too near the panel
You dont let it dry between coats property
If you lay the paint on too heavy.

[8valve-craig]

Hope all goes well Craig. not sure how you are fixed for Truck/Trailer, but let me know if you need a hand free of charge, would be happy to help if I can.

[dan16v]

Craig where in Wiltshire are you? Will need a car moving from southampton to landford area soon for some ££

[TWAG]

Hope all goes well Craig. not sure how you are fixed for Truck/Trailer, but let me know if you need a hand free of charge, would be happy to help if I can.

Thanks Craig! I may take you up on that offer. I would prefer to strip alot of the car down before it goes back to be painted. Ill give you a call soon.

[8valve-craig]

Craig where in Wiltshire are you? Will need a car moving from southampton to landford area soon for some ££

Salisbury

Thanks Craig! I may take you up on that offer. I would prefer to strip alot of the car down before it goes back to be painted. Ill give you a call soon.

If you strip it right down you can borrow your old dolly's to move it around on as I have nearly finished with them.

[dan16v]

Just down the road then. Do you think your trailer/ truck would take an escort cosworth? Was too wide for a trailer I tried to use last time

[craig green]

Just my 2 cents, I think £3k is a lot of money for a paint job, esp considering there was no stripping & fitting, essentially a bare shell & panels. That's the best shot at painting a blank canvas surely? I recall the complications with the arches & wings, put that down to experience.
I had blistering exactly like yours on my GSi about 2-3 years after it was painted. I understood it was likely moisture, from the air lines, though I seem to remember it may have been pushed outside whilst in primer.

You have my sympathy from one Craig to another, prey it's a paint flaw & it gets corrected at no cost to yourself, hope that each individual that works on the body understands the importance of getting it flawless & lastly perhaps insist that you get to personally inspect the shell between every stage of it's recovery to be happy that nothing is covered up or able to slip through the net to ruin the end result.

Stick with it!

[Benn]

Can i just say, it wasn't just a paint job for 3k. There was alot of other work done too it.

I'm not excusing the fact or price or anything as Craig knows after we had a long chat yesterday.

Having seen the car my self, seeing all of what Craig's been talking about, i think they car will be fully repainted.

And giving Craig full credit, the car looks fantastic. So low and wide!