Paint blistering issue update

[djprov431]

If this is true, and certainly sounds appropriate, then once the air expels itself, no more to come? Why not at that point sand/repair surface, repaint and have no more problem-rather than replacing with new door, which apparently has same defective air trapping to repeat cycle? Just a thought; if/when this occurs to my car will think hard about this approach. If not all expelled first repair, and few more appear, than repeat.

This is how my door was repaired -- I kept the replacement door Lotus sent in the box.

 

[djprov431]

Personally, from my experience and the expertise of my repair guy -- ya'll are digging way too deep into this with crazy theories and such. The door can be repaired without replacing it. The blisters are 100% original -- as in, there is only one layer of paint on them front/back. 100% certainty there was factory 'repairs' made that used improper materials which didn't bond correctly. My guy ground all of this out and repaired /cured the door as new with an incredible attention to detail and paint match (metal flake and all). The replacement door Lotus sent me is sitting in it's box unused. I only have to re-apply PPF in 30 days.

 

[JonFuller]

Well interestingly that ties in with my question to Steve Tillet, about the blisters appearing to follow the line of a sanding / feathering repair.

I trust that if you were to suffer a reappearance of this issue (on the same door) you'd let us know?

Interesting.

 

[djprov431]

Well interestingly that ties in with my question to Steve Tillet, about the blisters appearing to follow the line of a sanding / feathering repair.

I trust that if you were to suffer a reappearance of this issue (on the same door) you'd let us know?

Interesting.

Of course -- although the repair guy says it's better than new and has guaranteed his work up to painting and installing the Lotus supplied door.

 

[Orchardbike]

It looks like we’re looking at two different issues here. The circular bubble issue and the straight line bubble issue. While replacing the door will fix both issues, sanding/‘digging out’ and repainting will only fix the one issue (circular bubbling) I think!!!

 

[skysailor]

I have a question that I don’t believe anyone has asked. Has any correlation been seen or attempted with respect to specific paint colors and bubbling? I realize this is probably a stretch but inquisitive minds are inquisitive.

 

[ADC]

I have a question that I don’t believe anyone has asked. Has any correlation been seen or attempted with respect to specific paint colors and bubbling? I realize this is probably a stretch but inquisitive minds are inquisitive.

Contrary to popular myth, red does not bubble fastest...


More seriously, I would not expect there to be any correlation here, as it is the panel at fault, not the paint formula.