Hi all,

A friend of mine has an ex-taxi Octy1 estate. When the taxi firm removed their badges from the front doors, they removed a patch of lacquer with them. The patches are oval about about the size of an A4 sheet of paper, maybe bigger.

I'm assuming that the only way out of this is to respray the whole door or replace with a scrapper?

Also it's kind of a forest green or british racing green which I haven't seen too many of. Anyone know what that might be called?

Thanks

Martin

Colour list here, the code for the paint will be on a sticker in the wheel well. Lift the boot mat, it is on the left side 3 quarters to the back http://www.accessories.skoda.co.uk/productsList.aspx?type=a&id=7&main=Car%20Care%20and%20Protection⊂=Paint%20Touch%20Up%20Sticks

Cheers Alan. Got your new badges yet?

It wont need painting again, the lacquer is a clear coat on top of the paint, providing the paint is in good condition then the doors can just be prepped and re lacquered

By "prepped" I assume you mean all the existing lacquer stripped off and the whole door re-lacquered?

I suppose trying to fill in with a rattle can of clear coat is a one-way trip to disaster? No, I haven't done that! (yet!)

Yes the best way would be to flat down the remaining lacquer with some fine wet & dry, if there are rub strips on the doors then you will only need to go down to them.

A word of warning though if this is going to attempted as a DIY then the door, lacquer and garage where it is being painted MUST be warm otherwise the lacquer will just bloom (go a milky colour) If in doubt of your spraying capabilities then LOTS of thin coats followed by a machine polish is better than too much lacquer which will result in lots of runs and the lacquer will take ages to harden before you can flat the runs back out.

The ideal way is to put a 'full wet' coat on, this however requires skill and practise as too much and it will run, too little and the finish will be 'dry' and require polishing to regain an even shine.

When you say it's removed the lacquer - are you sure? Or is it a case of area under sticker looks dull and matte, with no shine? It's unlikely, but no impossible, to have removed lacquer with a sticker. More likely to be adhesive residue or reaction.

If you know anyone that has a paint depth meter this would be best way to find out if lacquer has been removed or not.

I would try this and If not, then it's a simple case of getting the paint corrected.

Cheers

Steve

I initially thought it was just residue, but if you run a fingernail over the area in question, it "drops" into the area. The area has a distinct, hard edge that you can feel.

Cheers Alan. Got your new badges yet?

No problem, just been notified today you had replied , no badges yet they will not release them customers get them on their new cars :(