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bobtailed disco:
don't no if this in this right place but at it is the same for all i will put it here.

(since getting hand car wash the other day i now have no paint)

i have got a 1998 disco and the paint has blistered in quite a few places now  mainly round the botom of the doors and wheel arches just wondering what my options would be?  if i just sanded it down to bare metal then acid etch primed it then top coat would it stick ok? would it last ok? or do i just sand and prime the bad bits and put alloy checker on them??

what do you think guys and gals????

Cheers

Rob

dxmedia:
Since getting a hand carwash you have no paint?

I know exactly where I'd be heading !!!

Disco Matt:
I have exactly the same problem - it isn't caused by the carwash but by LR paint finish (or the terrible quality thereof). Basically the aluminium corrodes under the paint, causing it to bubble and flake off. Usually you notice it for the first time after using a jetwash on the car, in my case it seems to be around wheelarches and where the upper door frames meet the lower door.

I'm planning to have a go at sorting mine over the summer, by chipping off the loose stuff, rubbing down behind, masking liberally and then priming before touching up with matched aerosol from Halfords. I know I can get a decent paint finish this way, just hope I can blend it in to the rest with enough T cut!

bobtailed disco:
cheers for the advice. I didn't no if the paint would blend ok with the old, also would it need acid etch primer or could you get away with normal primer??

Cheers
 
Rob

muddyjames:
when I had a rover 620 in flame red I had rust areas that I sanded down once a year and primed and sprayed over with a can from rover. It blended in very well when my neighbour did it. I am shocking at spraying things! :lol:

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