Hi

Quite a long time ago I had my front bumper sprayed as it had a bad case of gravel rash/pitting.

Today I noticed a few patches were the Laquer has peeled/flaked off.

I'm wondering if I could simply get it relaquered or would it require a full respray and relaquered?


Makes me think the bodyshop did a poor job in the beginning?

Cheers

 

if the paint is undamaged underneath then you should be able to just relaquer it, but it will depend on how bad it is.

 

if they laquered it badly, its likely they painted it badly as well, might be worth getting them redone.

 

Cheers mate its just happened recently I did look at the paint and in my limited knowledge it looks okay.

Do you think its down to a poor paint job? I IRC it was around 3 years ago that I had resprayed etc.

 

I agree :-)

 

the paint might be alright, only reasons i can think of the laquer peeling is if the fresh paint wasn't prepped properly; or if they used cheap laquer, or if the surface was slightly contaminated with grease, from a finger or something.

the difficulty with repairs is that its not the whole bumper being sprayed. with overlaying a small patch if you like their is the chance water might get unde rit and lift it like a scab.

a whole respray of a bumper is better than small sections.

 

Possibility of some paint contamination as RT said in the application of the base coats. One typical example of this can be someone using a can of WD40 next door. I would not risk just adding some fresh lacquer myself.