Peeling Lacquer

Rub back whole panel. Flat off paint with 12 ~ 1500 wet or dry used wet. Mask off rest of car and spray panel with aerosol lacquer. Lacquer from an aerosol can be a bitch. Make sure you wet down the floor thoroughly so nothing, and I mean nothing, can lfoat up and stick to it. It dries quite quickly. It also comes out the can at a helluva rate so be careful or you'll get runs.

In article , gazzafield writes

Thank you for your excellent advice. I am not too sure of your terminology "Flat off paint" what does this mean ? not remove the paint I hope ?? Please give me some steps to follow.

"Flatting" paint means to rub back the surface to give a key for new paint and make sure it is absolutely flat and smooth. When I flat a penultimate paint coat I aim for a satin mirror finish - looks like old paint that just needs polishing up. 1200 grade wet & dry paper, used wet, should give this result, it's easily available from Halfords. Preparation is the key to good paintwork and the time spent flatting will be repaid with a quality finish.

The message from Oscar fabricant contains these words:

Take the gloss off - back to a flat finish. You'll not get the new paint to stick to it otherwise.

In article , Guy King writes

Does this mean that I will have to respray the whole panel with new paint instead of just the lacquer which was the problem in the first place. The paint of the car is in perfect condition.It is just the lacquer that seems to be peeling in places- sounds like a full re-spray job to me. I thought I would just need to remove the peeling lacquer ? See my initial posting

It surprises me that anyone could contrive to misunderstand a very clear set of instructions

Both of the other posters have said that you should take a piece of very fine wet and dry paper and remove the shiny surface on the affected panel thus giving the new lacquer a surface that it can stick to. As you don't appear to even recognise the words never mind the concept of the job I would you suggest that you get it done professionally.

Tony

There's no gloss on basecoat but the colour will still require keying.

You'll more than likely remove part of the existing basecoat as you attempt to rub off peeling lacquer. At this stage the lacquer has failed to adhere and will need completely removing or rubbed until you find a sound edge to feather in.

It's not just a case of rubbing the lacquer smooth and re-lacquering because the basecoat may require re-painting and blended in and the lacquer applied to the whole panel, this is not always possible with acrylic or cellulose aerosols. The only way to do this job properly is in a car body shop using the same two-pack paint materials as the manufacturer.

Steve.

The message from Oscar fabricant contains these words:

You'll have trouble blending in the new lacquer with the old. There'll be a ridge where they overlap or a dip where there's none.

It can be done, but it's difficult without a powered polisher.

Indeed, Lacquering is normally done to the nearest panel edge to eliminate lacquer ridges and blending lacquer is usually done across small inconspicuous areas like pillars or door frames etc. It's often far easier to lacquer the whole panel than attempt to blend across it.

The quality of lacquer used will also make a noticeable difference as cheap lacquers will dull and show up a distinct lacquer line across panels.

Steve.