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I guess I'm asking for a miracle. I covered my TR4 mid-Summer
before leaving for Australia in a zip up bag with a cover over it.Just got back and I was floored to see mold inside the car (another issue) and the paint bubbles(pin size to half inch) on different sections of the car. Moisture got inside the bag and with the hot months it was covered,created a mess for me.
Any suggestions on fixing the paint bubbles without a repaint?
Thought of using a heat gun on the bubbles to see if that may work. Maybe the bubbles will dry down in time?
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
Now back to cleaning up mold!
Happy Thanksgiving
 
I'm not an expert, but I believe the pin holes are caused by a coat of paint being applied before the previous coat had time to flash.

Unfortunately, I don't know of any easy cure besides sanding through to good paint and reshooting it.

The paint is dry and the adhesion qualities have passed. A heat gun will only make the panel hot and possibly damage the paint.
 
jimitro said:
I guess I'm asking for a miracle. I covered my TR4 mid-Summer
before leaving for Australia in a zip up bag with a cover over it.
Happy Thanksgiving
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First off, I'd never suggest leaving for Australia in a zip up bag! :banana:

It's never a good idea to leave any car completely covered up tight when you don't protect from moisture trapped inside. So good luck with removing the mold; I'd suggest a professional to handle that for you (altho' a lot of manual labor with detergent might help a bit).

Paint bubbles: I agree with the previous comments there. Only way to deal with that is popping, sanding, and repray [edit: respray!]. The bubbles are where the paint has separated from what's below. Paint isn't very flexible, so it's not going to go back down.

Lessons learned along the way.
Tom
 
well depending on who did the paint job, if it was a shop I would take that issue up with them because paint should not bubble due to humidy, if you did the paint job, you basically spead(is that correct spelling) up the process to show you had an issue, incompatable primer to paint, flash time, not enough hardner in the plastic filler, the list can go on, I really hate that for you since I had the same issue but found out before I was finished, so i ended up painting my car twice during my paint job but so far no bubbles no cracking no peeling

the mildoo you can clean that up with something on the shelf

Hondo
 
OOO and PS if a shop did the work and they will fix it you better stop by every day to watch them cause they figure this job is free and they will do it as fast and as cheap as they can to get it out of their shop

Hondo

been there got S)#@$&d
 
Thanks for everyones comments and suggestions
Guess this now gives me a reason to go back to the original paint
on my TR4.
Tough lesson learned on car storeage.
Indoor zip up bags do not work outside even with additional car covers
over them!
 
Just curious, was this a recent paint job?

Scott
 
also what type of paint is on the car? old lacquer jobs are bad about blistering due to moisture. we had a 40 ford years ago that would do the same thing when it was really humid out. running a buffer over the area then a little time in the sun & they would go away.
 
jimitro said:
Thanks for everyones comments and suggestions
Tough lesson learned on car storeage.
Indoor zip up bags do not work outside even with additional car covers
over them!
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I have a zip up bag for my car. I have not used it yet, but will this winter.

The instructions are brutally clear on moisture.

1. No moisture can be present on the car or tires when it is rolled into the bag. No wet ground, rain, snow, etc. Car MUST BE DRY.

2. You MUST use the 20 or so pounds of desiccant bags that were shipped with the car bag. These need to be dried in an oven each year prior to use.

I imagine a zipped up car in a hot environment would cause all kinds of issues....especially if it was exposed to the sun during the day.

Sorry to hear about your troubles.
 
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