Yea after 24hrs you have effectively lost all your chemical adhesion properties between the base and the clear,.. mechanical adhesion simply isn't enough ESPECIALLY if it was sanded with I imagine 1200 or something If the car was to be in sunlight for extended periods it would come off in sheets
I had that happen on a budget paintjob once. Looked great until it started with the OP’s problem, ended with no clear, just a satin-ish base color. It did live outdoors... Patrick
Not quite. It was done in 2014. Up until now, there wasn’t anything wrong, but it’s sat under a (breathable) car cover for the past two years while I was having chemo. With the furlough, and no chemo for now, I wanted to get her ready to cruise.
I know it was never outside between color and clear, but since it sat in an open shop, other gremlins might have joined in to play.
She only sees the sun when I’m cruising, so I get your point now. Sounds like I’ve got vampire paint - dies in direct sunlight.
UPDATE: the shop that did the work, as I mentioned before, was sold. They’re a non-player, so I called a car painting buddy over to get his opinion. He agreed that it’s a clear coat failure. He will disassemble the car and sand the entire clear coat off, then respray with my color and another clear coat. I won’t be paying for any of the labor, but I’ll be buying the materials (color and clear). He’s booked solid until the fall, so I’ve got time to order stuff when it’s ready. I block sanded that entire car long before I was diagnosed with cancer; I’m very happy with the agreement because it means I won’t be block sanding it this time.
That’s good news, well bad news that about the paint issue. But that you got a friend coming to help get everything corrected
They say you find out who your real friends are when you’re facing a dilemma. I’m blessed enough to have 6 people in my life, besides relatives, who are real friends. When they heard my diagnosis, it was like they had a meeting without me (all but 2 of them know everyone else) to decide what they were gonna do. Even when chemo took all my strength away, they Would. Not. Let. Me. Fail. The friend who is taking the car is the one who baptized me in 2007. These are the 6 people, besides relatives, that I would willingly jump in front of a bullet for. And I mean that.
