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Re: the search continues... paint reacting.

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Subject: Re: the search continues... paint reacting.
From: Dan Canaan <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:26:58 -0700
>Anyway - it was in great condition - the interior was fantastic. Underneath
>was good - if a little dry - needs waxoyling. No rust anywhere - apart from a
>small amount on the boot lid. However the paintwork had small cracks where it
>had "reacted" - im not looking for a concours condition car and would be
happy
>to drive around for a while with small cracks in the paint (I'd cover over
>them with some sort of touch up first!) until my funds permit a respray - is
>it going to continue to react? the guy painted the car himself after resoting
>it five years ago. also there were some stress cracks around the front
>lights.


This is caused by the paint reacting to the paint or primers below often.
Incomplete preparation of subsurface layers can cause havoc with paint
layers later on top.  I've had it happen to me.  There is only one fix for
it- strip all the paint off down to a point of good paint/primer or down to
bare metal and start over. :/

-Vegaman Dan
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