I have used one of the 'leading' UK Healey restoration companies to do a bare metal respray of my BN1.
Apart from being 2 months overdue I have had 3 abortive attempts to collect the car due to major snags.
The specification was to spray 3 layers of the base green then overspray where required 3 layers of the two tone white and finish the car with 3 layers of lacquer.
When I rub my finger firmly along the edge of the drivers side door sill I can remove the layer of white paint to start showing the green - surely this can't be right ?
Also where the 2 tone green and white paint meet there is a sharp lip which you can feel when you rub the flat of your hand over it. I had been told by that the join would be smooth if it had been over sprayed by 3 layers of lacquer?
Also from their single return drive to the MOT shop the paint beneath the bonnet strap is now scratched. Surely this would not happen if it had been lacquered?
Is there some simple way to prove whether the layers and lacquer have actually been applied?
The doors also foul the rear wings at the rear edge knocking off the new paint! Their attempt to adjust them has partially alliviated it but cause two new problems:
- The line for the two tone paint join now steps at the rear of the door since the door wing alignment has changed
- They have had to move the door stops laterally more than 2-3 cm leaving gapping holes where they previously where.
The final straw is that the drivers side wing is not centered for aft around the wheel and where the lower edge joins the car you can see light shining through the gaps - they tell me this is to let water drain out of the wheel well !!!
Any advice and guidance on how a proper job should be done or what actions I should request to redemdiate errors to date would be greatly received. Given it seems the car has not been lacquered at all then presumably it should return to the spray booth and re preped for a proper job?
Many thanks
Ian
Apart from being 2 months overdue I have had 3 abortive attempts to collect the car due to major snags.
The specification was to spray 3 layers of the base green then overspray where required 3 layers of the two tone white and finish the car with 3 layers of lacquer.
When I rub my finger firmly along the edge of the drivers side door sill I can remove the layer of white paint to start showing the green - surely this can't be right ?
Also where the 2 tone green and white paint meet there is a sharp lip which you can feel when you rub the flat of your hand over it. I had been told by that the join would be smooth if it had been over sprayed by 3 layers of lacquer?
Also from their single return drive to the MOT shop the paint beneath the bonnet strap is now scratched. Surely this would not happen if it had been lacquered?
Is there some simple way to prove whether the layers and lacquer have actually been applied?
The doors also foul the rear wings at the rear edge knocking off the new paint! Their attempt to adjust them has partially alliviated it but cause two new problems:
- The line for the two tone paint join now steps at the rear of the door since the door wing alignment has changed
- They have had to move the door stops laterally more than 2-3 cm leaving gapping holes where they previously where.
The final straw is that the drivers side wing is not centered for aft around the wheel and where the lower edge joins the car you can see light shining through the gaps - they tell me this is to let water drain out of the wheel well !!!
Any advice and guidance on how a proper job should be done or what actions I should request to redemdiate errors to date would be greatly received. Given it seems the car has not been lacquered at all then presumably it should return to the spray booth and re preped for a proper job?
Many thanks
Ian