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Help-- Paint!



Sorry for the BW of this general item, but there is little time to seek
other opinions, and there must be some paint experts on the list. 
Having the LR door of the (brilliant black) V8 painted, and would like
to know if I'm being taken for a ride.

After some minor paint work on the rear of the car, noticed the door had
crisscrossing scratches under the paint, above the wide molding. 
Question 1: could this have been caused by the oven?

Let them block and shoot the door.  I figured it was a bad repair before
I bought the car, not their fault.  They agreed to remove the wide
molding and stop the paint under the molding, rather than just mask it
and try to flow paint under the edge.  They said they could tape off the
Stoneguard where it extends above the molding.  They also agreed to
remove the chrome strip at the bottom of the door before painting.

Checked on the car today, it was in the oven, cooled down.  They had not
removed the belt molding (at the window), and they had not cleaned off
all the adhesive under the wide molding (just painted over it). 
Question 2:  is this adhesive going to start the paint peeling or
crazing, and will it eventually show past the molding?  Question 3:  is
the belt molding that hard to remove?  It looks like an easy job.

The adjuster (or whatever he's called) also said the previous repair had
been done w/ laquer.  This shop uses Glasurit (BASF), w/ clear coat
added same day as color coat, apparently no buffing between.  I don't
know what type of paint this is.  Question 4:  would a laquer be
incompatible w/ other finishes?

The car is supposed to be ready tomorrow.  Spray pattern looks great,
should match the original well after buffing.  Not sure how the edge at
the Stoneguard will look.  Any problems here, or am I just paranoid,
besides being retentive?

--Dave Weiss
  '91 V8 5-spd
  '93 90CS UnQ