I have an 87 Corvette that I did some body work on about a year ago. I then took the car to a body shop to have the areas that I had worked on painted and blended. The work that I did required me to take it down past the primer and sealer. The first time I had the car painted it looked fine for about a week, then what loked like sanding scratches in the fiberglass going in all different directions started to show up underneath the paint. I took it back my paint guy and he said no problem and fixed it right away. The car looked great for about 6 months but then I started to notice some raised bubbles underneath the paint. These bubbles have now, a year later, become pretty decent in size. The paint has not yet cracked but it's obvious that there is some sort of adhesion problem and the bubbles will likely get bigger.
The paint guy I used is a top notch dude and I wouldn't hesitate to let him paint anything I own, and I have in fact sent him a good bit of business because of the good work he has done for me in the past.
My question is, is this bubbling caused by a poor prep job on his end, good paint on top of old paint that is starting to peel away, or is it likely something that I did when doing the actual body repair? Could it be something I got on the raw fiberglass that is now causing the paint to lift? I don't know a lot about painting but would a sealer block anything from seeping through such as oil from my hand or oil from an air tool that got onto the raw glass. I don't remember this happening but anything is possible when I work on a vehicle. lol. I'm trying to figure out if this is something to fix at his expense or is it something that I caused? I have a feeling that if I showed it to him and asked him to fix it he would probably do it just to keep a satified customer, however, if it's my fault I don't want him to feel like he has to do that. He painted and cleared the drivers side rear quarter, which is where I did the work. He painted blended in the drivers door and re-cleared it, and he fixed a starburst crack that was dead center of the hood and then recleared the entire thing. On the passengers side, where he recleared, the bubbling is present in an area that I didn't do any body work on. In fact, that area is larger than that on the driver's side rear. I posted pics of both sides, but you can only really see it on the passengers side due to the size of the bubbles and the reflection of the light.
The paint guy I used is a top notch dude and I wouldn't hesitate to let him paint anything I own, and I have in fact sent him a good bit of business because of the good work he has done for me in the past.
My question is, is this bubbling caused by a poor prep job on his end, good paint on top of old paint that is starting to peel away, or is it likely something that I did when doing the actual body repair? Could it be something I got on the raw fiberglass that is now causing the paint to lift? I don't know a lot about painting but would a sealer block anything from seeping through such as oil from my hand or oil from an air tool that got onto the raw glass. I don't remember this happening but anything is possible when I work on a vehicle. lol. I'm trying to figure out if this is something to fix at his expense or is it something that I caused? I have a feeling that if I showed it to him and asked him to fix it he would probably do it just to keep a satified customer, however, if it's my fault I don't want him to feel like he has to do that. He painted and cleared the drivers side rear quarter, which is where I did the work. He painted blended in the drivers door and re-cleared it, and he fixed a starburst crack that was dead center of the hood and then recleared the entire thing. On the passengers side, where he recleared, the bubbling is present in an area that I didn't do any body work on. In fact, that area is larger than that on the driver's side rear. I posted pics of both sides, but you can only really see it on the passengers side due to the size of the bubbles and the reflection of the light.