paintwork questions

[adam2472]

gave ma car the best clean its ever had today.. t-cut'd the whole car.. notice a few things with the paint work


http://www.novaload.net/forums/album_see.php?id=1377
This is on the passenger door.. its like the paint is stressed or somin.. ne ideda on how to get rid of it


http://www.novaload.net/forums/album_see.php?id=1378
When i took the sticker things off they left a line all round car. its asif the car had been sprayed below them and the stripes used as a masking tape line or somin.. ive t-cut along them so many times and its slowely evening out.. ne other ideas on how to get rid of them quicker..


and finally
http://www.novaload.net/forums/album_see.php?id=1379
There seems to be somin inside / around the edge of me passenger side, side repeater.. think it may be a bit of damp.. ne ideas..

cheers... adam

[ade]

pic 1 - paints stressed / cracked. Will eventually peel and flake = rust

pic 2 - the line is caused by respray at some point. T cut will remove but before it removed the line your rubbing will remove the surrounding paint (thinner than the line). Best thing to do is mash off just above and below the line - leaving the line exposed then very carefully with some 1000 wet n dry - wet (not dripping), sand it back. Make sure just the line is exposed. You can only sand to the masking tape - then polish it using lambs wool mop on a drill end (take it easy and use super resin polish). It'll always be there.

If its on the same side as the stressed paint in pic one, I;d sand back and respray the whole side.

pic 3 - if you mean around the indicator looks like vthe start of paint bubbling - if you mean inside the lens is supposed to be bubbly to refract the orange of the bulb when it flashes. The big blob could be water or just the mould making process when the lens was formed. heat it with a hairdryer and see what it does. If condensation it'll vanish

Ade

[Nova-Boy]

as ade said on the second pic. It has had a re-spray at some point up to the pin stripe. I use 1200 grade sand paper nice and wet. Circular motion round the edge you can see. Sand very lightly and keep it wet. Use your finger on the paint work to see if the edge is still there.

When done buff it up with polish.

[adam2472]

i duno wana sound like an idiot :oops: but when u mean "wet" literaly use water on the sand paper..??

[DazK]

yes .. use water .. but not much .. i thought my mate was takin the pi$$ when he told me to use water :lol:

[?Marty?]

Go two-tone. Paint the top a different colour.