Last September, I brought my primered tub to a professional painter for the final block sanding, sealing and painting. It's a two stage urethane with about 4 coats of clear. With a few exceptions as noted below, the finish is beautiful and I'm very satisfied -- but a little worried.
I'm about to go back to the painter to address some finishing problems that I assume are connected to the use of hardener, or perhaps the thickness of the clearcoat, and I'd sure appreciate an accurate assessment of the problem before I go in, so I at least half-way sound like I know what I'm talking about. I've got wrinkling adjacent to some areas where pressure is put on the paint, and I've included a photo of the boot hinge to provide a clear illustration of the problem. http://www.totallytriumph.net/spitfire/projects/paint_flaw.jpg Can anyone definitively tell me what's going on here? FYI, I did not attach the hinges to the newly painted surface shown here until nearly three months after the paint job, and I'm also having this problem on the front of the inside door cap where it presses against the weatherstrip seal. Normally, the black vinyl door caps are placed here, but I opted to leave it painted. And this seal was only placed on the car about a week ago -- nearly six months after the paint was applied. My current position is that I expect the painter to correct these defects at no extra charge, since everything from the etching primer on up was his work and the cost of the paint job was not inexpensive to begin with. Thoughts or opinions welcome. Thank you. Jeff /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
