Bee

Right. About 3 months ago I got my side skirts, rears & a front splitter fitted to my 98 turbo.

Now all was well untill I noticed along the sides tiny white dots appearing, all along in a line. So I took it back & the dude said no probs, we'll do them again..

So..just got it back and the guy said that it was the Back to Black or the AUTOGLYM bumper care that I'd been using on the skirts previous to painting reacting with the paint????

Does anyone know if this is true? He said if it did it again to get brand new skirts..

Can't help feel I've been fobbed off here

Any advice would certainly make me feel better!

- Bee

Kippax

bollox. check they used undercoat, decent paint and prepped it properly.

dhorwich

They should of preped the skirts e.t.c properly plus plastic is not porous...

Dan

Scratch

iTrader: (1)

The reaction is quite possibly the truth. They put all sorts of chemicals in these cleaning products so it wouldn't suprise me.

However - if they had prepared it properly, then I would not think that this should have been a problem. It may be that they didn't use the right cleaning products preparation of the moulding for paint.

brett555

Its the truth , on my sideskirts on my current car , they had to treat them to get all the stuff off that is used with back to black. If they didnt they primer / paint would not have stayed on the plastic.

brett

ustolemyname??stevieturbo

iTrader: (1)

Im not a painter, but I do know that it can be very difficult to clean and prepare some items for painting, after various cleaning products have been used. It only takes trace amounts for it to mess up the paint job and react.

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

I thought it was the silicon in the cleaning product that stops the paint from bonding correctly.

Can't/Don't they use solvents to clean down the plastics first?

I guess this is why 'proper' paintshops cost a lot more!!!

David_Wallis

Paint normally reacts as soon as it goes on not after a while.. normally if it does react.. flatting it off and repainting will sort it..

Back to black etc.. (any silicone grease) is a ****er to get off.. A wash with a scotch brite in warm soapy water then a quick wipe with thinners and panel wipe usually sorts most stuff though..

David

Luke

\|Preparation...is the key to all good work