After few months of painting, suddenly i noticed few bubbles on my car roof..Brought back to the painter and he said not his paint or method problems.He said he just remove the clear coat and painted over it.So there might be some rust waiting to pop up. Is his explanation true? I never had any rust on my roof before so how come after paiting suddendly good some bubbles here and there and then i break it there is some rust. Lucky no hole yet.
What i should do next? I spend RM4K to paint my car and didnt even have time to enjoy it. Im driving an 18 year old car.
Many old cars have rust spots on the roof and bonnet. Mainly caused by the epoxy used by assembly plant to secure the metal braces to the underside of roof and bonnet. The epoxy is the culprit. It absorbs moisture and causes rusting. Old Saga doors also hv this problem. Its virtually unsolvable unless the entire roof panel is replaced, which will cause future problems during Puspakom inspection.
Your resprayer shd hv warned you about this before accepting your car but this could possibly turn you away.
With a 4000-4500 budget, respraying such an old car is extremely risky because there is a great difference between re-spraying vs restoring such a car to look almost brand new. Rust spots can pop up anywhere at anytime even if you hv spent 10k on any old car.
Someone also mentioned about stripping back to bare metal before commencing spraying.
1. Most car owners hv no idea how much such a job will cost and the time it takes
Astro programs and Internet websites often dont talk about pricing (LOL).
Most car owners are already cringing at a 5k job that takes 14 working days.
2. Stripping entire vehicle to bare metal is mostly done when restoring a classic/vintage vehicle thats been resprayed numerous times. Its not common to do that on an old Jap car unless the owner is committed to spend more than 5k and willing to wait for a long time. Even then....rust can still pop out anytime, anywhere.