Respray - Page 2

FLYING BANANA · 21st July 2017, 19:16

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Originally Posted by Bazza58

I will give that a try Bob thanks mate

Speak to Matt. He has all the gear.

The Rovering Member · 21st July 2017, 19:33

I'm not a fan of the colour generally but l must admit that Starlight is a cut above your average silver. It even accentuates chrome.

Stickman · 21st July 2017, 23:28

Might be worth a visit to a body shop and get it professionally mopped buddy?
Regards
Chris

rustymotor · 22nd July 2017, 05:27

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Originally Posted by Stickman

Might be worth a visit to a body shop and get it professionally mopped buddy?
Regards
Chris

That won't cure lacquer peel

Les4048 · 22nd July 2017, 06:15

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Originally Posted by Bazza58

Hi all , I am just thinking maybe sometime in the future I may want to respray my car , it is a Starlight Silver and when in the light you can see where it is faded , and also where work has been done but the paint work not been professionally blended in , also not sure if it can be bought back to some sort of show room condition with out a full respray ,
What are your thoughts.

People can give all the advice they want but without actually seeing the extent of the problem it's useless. Take it to a body shop or professional detailer so that they can see the damage and assess properly

hinged_bap · 22nd July 2017, 13:34

I'm intereseted in this thread because my car exhibits similar symptoms although probably to a lesser degree. But if the paint is lacquered then am i right in thinking no amount of clay bar'ing will restore faded paint because the lacquer is pretecting it.

genpk · 22nd July 2017, 14:44

After having done up about 5 of these cars and re spayed , repaired panels etc
and peeling clear coat, if you wish to sort the peeling clearcoat you need to cut it back so you have an even surface.
I use 240 grit wet/ dry sandpaper .You need to cut back the areas peeling so anything loose is feathered back to the good surface using a flat sanding block.
If you have not blown through the primer back to metal you can spay the base coat colour down . If you've gone thought to metal you need to spray primer down then the base coat colour and blend it back into the original colour.7
Let it dry and then spray clear coat

Stickman · 22nd July 2017, 14:46

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Originally Posted by rustymotor

That won't cure lacquer peel

Valid point buddy - where in the original post does it mention lacquer peel ?
Regards
Chris

Bazza58 · 22nd July 2017, 20:01

It doesn't

FLYING BANANA · 22nd July 2017, 20:19

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Originally Posted by Bazza58

It doesn't

I'll be down first week in August if you want to wait that long.

21st July 2017, 19:33	#12
The Rovering Member I really should get out more....... Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: London Posts: 2,953 Thanks: 263 Thanked 538 Times in 431 Posts	I'm not a fan of the colour generally but l must admit that Starlight is a cut above your average silver. It even accentuates chrome. __________________ Reducing the size of my Rover fleet by adding a 75 to it.

22nd July 2017, 20:01	#19
Bazza58 Loves to post Rover 75 Saloon Connoisseur cdti Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Torquay Posts: 267 Thanks: 441 Thanked 50 Times in 42 Posts	Respray It doesn't

21st July 2017, 23:28	#13
Stickman Posted a thing or two Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Bordon Posts: 1,856 Thanks: 250 Thanked 403 Times in 352 Posts	Might be worth a visit to a body shop and get it professionally mopped buddy? Regards Chris

22nd July 2017, 13:34	#16
hinged_bap Gets stuck in 75 CDT Conn SE Auto saloon Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Southampton Posts: 773 Thanks: 134 Thanked 104 Times in 81 Posts	I'm intereseted in this thread because my car exhibits similar symptoms although probably to a lesser degree. But if the paint is lacquered then am i right in thinking no amount of clay bar'ing will restore faded paint because the lacquer is pretecting it.

22nd July 2017, 14:44	#17
genpk Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon MGZT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Perth, AUSTRALIA Posts: 1,663 Thanks: 3 Thanked 461 Times in 299 Posts	After having done up about 5 of these cars and re spayed , repaired panels etc and peeling clear coat, if you wish to sort the peeling clearcoat you need to cut it back so you have an even surface. I use 240 grit wet/ dry sandpaper .You need to cut back the areas peeling so anything loose is feathered back to the good surface using a flat sanding block. If you have not blown through the primer back to metal you can spay the base coat colour down . If you've gone thought to metal you need to spray primer down then the base coat colour and blend it back into the original colour.7 Let it dry and then spray clear coat