Paint bubbles on boot??!!

Paulo5000 · 6th January 2020, 09:16

Just washed my 75 today and found a huge streak of paint bubbling on the boot lid middle, ranging from tiny to quite large. Definitely wasn't there a few weeks ago when I washed it.
Is this a common thing on 75 s?!!

Odd Job · 6th January 2020, 09:18

Have you had any type of car cover on it recently ?

coolguy · 6th January 2020, 09:46

More common on Jaguars than Rovers in my experience!

trikey · 6th January 2020, 10:18

Common on copperleaf and some of the green colours!

Paulo5000 · 6th January 2020, 11:33

Yes it's copperleaf. I've not had any cover on it. Why does it happen any ideas?

Really bizarre, nothing there then all of a sudden loads. I thought someone had sprayed something on the car at first, but that would take the top layer off eh? this is bubbling under the paint,

I suppose it's a complete strip down then?

trikey · 6th January 2020, 12:37

A good sprayer might be able to re lacquer it, depends on the amount of damage to the base coat.

Paulo5000 · 6th January 2020, 15:22

Surely it's coming from underneath the paint rather than on top (the lacquer?)

Teflon · 6th January 2020, 16:09

It sounds like lacquer peel, but without photos it's hard to say - it could also be micro blistering under the base coat.

Any chance you could post up some piccies?

Cliff

Comfortably Numb · 6th January 2020, 22:54

Bird droppings have damaged the lacquer on my Copperleaf boot lid, and I have had to respray the front bumper due to lacquer peel, and the whole car has been resprayed professionally under a previous owner. Is there something about Copperleaf that gives poor adhesion? (I have had this problem on a silver Audi,, my 1991 Mitsubishi is fading like an old Ford on upper surfaces, but my 2003 Metallic blue Renault has no such problem.)

Paulo5000 · 7th January 2020, 10:21

Not sure how to upload pics as it's asking for a web link?

I don't think it's the lacquer, I've got lacquer peel on the bumper and doesn't look the same.

6th January 2020, 09:16	#1
Paulo5000 Regular poster Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Sheffield Posts: 45 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Paint bubbles on boot??!! Just washed my 75 today and found a huge streak of paint bubbling on the boot lid middle, ranging from tiny to quite large. Definitely wasn't there a few weeks ago when I washed it. Is this a common thing on 75 s?!!

6th January 2020, 09:18	#2
Odd Job Gets stuck in MG ZT 2.0 cdti Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Derby Posts: 909 Thanks: 298 Thanked 191 Times in 149 Posts	Have you had any type of car cover on it recently ? __________________ ….And the latest thing to break is..... ### MG STANDS FOR "MY GREMLIN" !!!

6th January 2020, 10:18	#4
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,766 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Common on copperleaf and some of the green colours! __________________ Lest we forget..

6th January 2020, 12:37	#6
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,766 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	A good sprayer might be able to re lacquer it, depends on the amount of damage to the base coat. __________________ Lest we forget..

6th January 2020, 16:09	#8
Teflon This is my second home Lagoon 2.0 V6 75 Conn SE Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chertsey Posts: 5,203 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 2,920 Times in 1,570 Posts	It sounds like lacquer peel, but without photos it's hard to say - it could also be micro blistering under the base coat. Any chance you could post up some piccies? Cliff __________________ No. 4 of 6

6th January 2020, 09:46	#3
coolguy Coolguy Rover 75 CDT Tourer Auto, Rover 75 2.0 Connoisseur Auto, MG ZT 2.5 Auto and MG ZT Cdti Auto (Monogra Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Finedon Posts: 1,897 Thanks: 933 Thanked 638 Times in 430 Posts	More common on Jaguars than Rovers in my experience!

6th January 2020, 11:33	#5
Paulo5000 Regular poster Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Sheffield Posts: 45 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yes it's copperleaf. I've not had any cover on it. Why does it happen any ideas? Really bizarre, nothing there then all of a sudden loads. I thought someone had sprayed something on the car at first, but that would take the top layer off eh? this is bubbling under the paint, I suppose it's a complete strip down then?

6th January 2020, 15:22	#7
Paulo5000 Regular poster Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Sheffield Posts: 45 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Surely it's coming from underneath the paint rather than on top (the lacquer?)

6th January 2020, 22:54	#9
Comfortably Numb Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Penrith Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 165 Thanked 303 Times in 241 Posts	Bird droppings have damaged the lacquer on my Copperleaf boot lid, and I have had to respray the front bumper due to lacquer peel, and the whole car has been resprayed professionally under a previous owner. Is there something about Copperleaf that gives poor adhesion? (I have had this problem on a silver Audi,, my 1991 Mitsubishi is fading like an old Ford on upper surfaces, but my 2003 Metallic blue Renault has no such problem.)

7th January 2020, 10:21	#10
Paulo5000 Regular poster Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Sheffield Posts: 45 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Not sure how to upload pics as it's asking for a web link? I don't think it's the lacquer, I've got lacquer peel on the bumper and doesn't look the same.