Hey guys,

I have searched refurbing a Fabia boot spoiler with the peeling laquer problem but can only seem to find threads on paint warranties and proffesional quotes.

(I had this job quoted today at £135 which seems reasonable compared to other quotes but is a bit dear for me to be honest)

Is it realistic to attempt this myself? And if so, can anyone advise on removing the peeling laquer before taping up and attempting a home spray job?

Any advice welcome and apologies if there is in fact a thread covering this.

Thanks

I did this to the top edge of my front bumper but sort of took the attitude i carn't really make it any worse than it already was,

Along top edge of bumper where it meets grill i had 4 big patchs where laquer was lifting and it looked awful, so before i refitted bumper after putting front mount on i got some wet and dry altho proper scotch paper would be better but didn't have any handy so it had to do, i then rubbed it back just enough so it rubbed laquer off but didn't take paint off.

I then cleaned it all up with thinners and masked it all up and re laquered it with some rattle can laquer we use for revering sensors at work, couple of coats and quick blast with heat gun then left it to dry over night. Next day abit of compound and buffed it up.

Its not bodyshop standard but it looks a million times better than it did and it cost me sod all, bit more time and care i don't see why it carn't be done

Yes, just sand the lacquer off on the affected area and re apply the lacquer. There is no need for any paint at all, assuming you dont get to carried away with the sanding and remove the paint as well. Use a very fine grade paper, otherwise you could put visible scratches in the paint.

I'll be doing the same thing with the boot on my A8 where an area of lacquer has bubbled up, but I am waiting for the weather to improve before attempting it.

So sand it back, tape it up, and let loose with the aeroslo guns! Nice! Thanks guys!

I am a complete amateur (aside from doing my grill ) so will document with pics for those of you out there who are challenged handy men like myself (Provided it turns out reasonably that is!)

Thanks for the advice guys. I gave this a go aver the last few weeks. With all the ruddy rain it's been challenging! As if a home paint job wasn't challenging enough (for me anyway...)

So masked it all up, sanded back the peeling laquer, wet sanded, 2 coats of Black magic from a spray can, then wet sanded again and then another 2 coats.

Then finished with about 4 coats of laquer. The wet and dry packaging recomended I wet sand the paint before laquering (which I did) but the finish doesn't reflect like the rest of the paint.

I wasn't expecting to be as good but am wondering if wet sanding the paint before laquering was the right thing to do, anyone know?

Anyway it's a vast improvement on what it was so i'm happy as Larry