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Hi all, I am looking at buying someone elses project that they have run out of gas on. A 53 fivewindow. The truck was painted recently, dark maroon, and the paint seems to chip easy when hard contact is made, not enough to dent the metal, but enough to cause a chip in the paint. Could this be too much hardener in the paint or a bad seal job. The paint looks great, no runs or visible flaws. I don't know anything about paint but if it is a bad seal would that make it hard to paint over the truck again. Would it have to be taken back down to metal?

When it chips is it down to bare metal? Could be the primer. Is there filler where it chips ? Mabe You could take it to a body shop and ask them what they think.

Pete

The biggest question is what is left under the paint? is it chipping in specific areas? or all over? If it is mainly on edges thats usualy poor prep work, ie. neglecting to detail sand the edges..as the old rule goes" the harder it is to sand the more important it is to sand it!" as that is ALWAYS where it will chip or peel! If it is chipping after contact in the center of panels then that is poor adhesion; possibly from poor prep or wrong combinations used in reducers, hardeners or incorrect application of the paint or undercoats. I just got thru helping one of our mechanics redo his truck with the same problem, in that case it had too much paint on it ( single stage black plus clear )

It appears to be a primer under the chips. and there are only a couple.

There is only one on the top center of a fender, one near the tailgate where he hit it with the tailgate on installation, and one where he installed the grill. It appears to have primer underneath, not bear metal.

Thank you,
Dan