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scooby6
07-16-2008, 03:53 PM
Hello,
this is my first time ever in an autobody forum.
I have been in this business for 15 years and have owned my own shop for 4 years now and going strong.
A vehicle i have in my shop was dropped off with a 2 week old badly botched paint job. After going over the car (2006 corvette) with the customer we opted to repaint the vette rather than trying to retouch and polish the existing finish.
Usually everything goes smooth at my shop... no issues to speak of other than the normal things (a dirt speck or a slight sag maybe).
This car has me baffled, no matter how much we sand, wetsand, and use wax and grease remover, the car gets severe fisheyes! we have tried sealers, primers, and even resulted to trying old laquer primer and still get the same results. Oh and trying to dryspray the material does not work either.
Fisheye killer (i usually would never use the stuff) is no match either.
Almost to the point of insanity i tried laying some basecoat over a well prepped area, same results....
Anyone ever seen anything like this? i havent! what did the shop use? and whats the cure?
I will loose my marbles if i have to strip this thing.
Oh and one more thing, masking tape wont stick to the paint too!!!!:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Steve

Serge
07-16-2008, 04:06 PM
Not much will stick on paint that had alot of fish eye remover added to it...

I would try to strip a small area on the car and try it, I doubt you will be able to completely deconatminate the clear coat if it has silicone additive in it...

Len
07-16-2008, 10:46 PM
Not much will stick on paint that had alot of fish eye remover added to it...

I would try to strip a small area on the car and try it, I doubt you will be able to completely deconatminate the clear coat if it has silicone additive in it...

That's exactly what I would say, it's had an additive added to the previous paint job. It's probably going to need to be stripped.