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carolinacustoms
I may be painting a 94 corvette soon (customer is undecided as of now). The paint and clear are intact and not really that bad, just the usual minor daily driver scratches, that are not through the clear, and generally showing it's age and just too bad to buff out. Should be a straight forward repaint for the most part, save a few places, hence my question. I have heard a lot about corvettes being somewhat problematic and wanted some input and advice from those of you that deal with them regularly. There are a few places that the paint is cracking, not like lacquer spider webs, think of late model front bumper versus curb type cracking. The cracks are about 4-6" long and from what I can see only involve the paint, not the body. It looks like it has flexed enough to crack the paint without damaging the panels. These cracks are one spot on the front bumper, one on the hood just above the one's on the bumper and one place on the rear above the tail lights on the driver side (where a normal car has a trunk lid). What is the best way to deal with these? It would seem that sanding them to the bare panel, feathering in the area and then using glaze, or primer etc whatever is needed to make the repair would be a likely course of action, but I have sen these repairs fail on bumper covers etc, and that makes me question the right way to do things on this car. The car is black, so it will have to be exceptionally well done. This guy is also planning to show the car when he gets everything finished. Also, I have heard of problems on the newer corvettes when using W&G remover on bare panels? It apparently soaks in and causes bubbles/blistering later on? I am open to any advice you guys have to offer. I think he will have the car painted, but if not it would be good info to have for later.
Thanks in advance
Kelly
Thanks in advance
Kelly