I have just noticed that i have some lacquer peeel on the drivers door above the window.

It is about 3 to 5mm wide by about 20mm long.

Can anything be done to prevent further spread?

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i dont think so but only way i could think off would be to use wax or somthing similar over it to stop water getting at it or it flaking off while driving or get it respray'd but thats the more costly option

Thanks lads .

I feared this may be the case.

Would respray have to be whole door or just a patch?

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Could do that as a temp fix if you've got mad painting skillz. Will never look right though unless you repaint it.

Good thing about the doors is they have the black vinyl on the B-pillar so you only need to blend paint across about 3" of metal along the A-pillar

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Bye bye Sundance Kid

the glass is half empty?

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If i was doing it, i'd pick a line to mask off at, probably just where the window surround meets the wingmirror.

I'd sand back the entire top of the door with a 600 grit wet to flatten out the peel

I'd then mask at two points higher up the door, overlapping the first and second ones respectively.

Then i'd apply a first mist coat of clear, followed by a medium weight coat.

Then i'd pull off the top bit of masking, and do another coat of clear.

Then i'd do the same for the rest of the masking.

This would stop there being a definite step in the clear which you would get if you only masked off at one point on the door. Any uneven parts could then be wetsanded and polished to be completely flat.

I'd also practice painting on spare panels before attempting something like that as a first timer would 100% f*ck the paint completely.

Once dry, i'd do a mist coat

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Bye bye Sundance Kid

AndJ

Thanks for you pm's too bud. You mailbox is full.

I'm going to do a bit of pratice on it this at the weekend .Maybe post some pics of the offending bit too.

Spellow thank you too pal , ill defo try another panel 1st( may be the wife's carolla verso since she managed to scud some unsuspecting lassies civic during the school run the other day) wifes car is just scartches but can' really make it look many worse eh?

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