Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Help my paint!!! (big pic)

My paint is doing this in like 6 places, and they are about 1-2 inch spots. My car is originally from Phoenix.
Is this sun damage? Are there any products to help this? Would that Meguiar's Scratch-X stuff help?



I want to find a cheap fix before I sink $$$ on getting a shop to fix it.

Has your car ever been repainted, because that looks like orange peel/fisheyes in the paint which if thats the case it woudl need to be repainted. Improper temperature at the time of painting and prep work causes this to happen.

Sorry, but no quick fix. Needs a repaint. Looks like paint stripper, brake fluid or ATF by the crackling effect.

My 98 Myst �??dark satin green�?� did this when it was only two years old. Since I already had 39k mi Ford would not repaint or even make a good will offer. It�??s from two thick a paint job and two much heat (it could also be from chemicals). No quick fix (so don�??t waste your money) it needs to be stripped and repainted. By the way, it�??s called �??checking�?�.

Sorry

jeff

Mine eventually came up in big flakes, and as I sanded to get to a place with good primer/metal adhesion I wound up doing a 6"x9" area. Of course I didn't take my time doing the paint and the color in the rattle can from Wal-Mart didn't match so it looks like ass, but from 10 feet away it's not too bad, and it looks better than a big rusty spot on the hood. Repaint is the only way to go.

Scott

Yeah, My WHOLE car is staring to look like that. This [censored] SUCKS ASS! Pay 23K for a car and have the paint crack after 4 years. What kind of [censored] is that?

hmm i saw a ford probe at a dealership before that had like a "smaller version" of that all over the hood. the dude sed it was soemthing called "checking" he didnt know what caused it tho, maybe just a bad paint job??

i am not an expert or anything but i had some punk a$$ kids throw something on my hood of my old car and it looked something like that. like they said no cheap fix have to repaint thats what i did. than the car took a sh$t. so i bought the contour. but i am thinking of selling it. getting something new. not sure yet. good luck.

I also have a 93 accord that has the same problem as your paint does. Once again, it cannot be fixed. I took it to a paint dealership and they told me that it was from bird crap that sat on the paint, so now whenever I see any on any of my cars, I remove it immediately. The only way to get rid of it is by repainting, and it isn't worth it to me.