new paint job goin bad!!

[BlueFBird]

hey i had an accident a while ago, and i think when the body shop painted my car the guy didnt hold the gun the same distance on my bumper, does ne1 know of the paint "orange peeling" my dads freind said thats what it is doing? does ne1 know of this. im kinda pissed cause it was a bad job.

[95Batmobile]

It's supposed to be typical on our year of firebirds...
If you have a new paint job it shouldn't be happening though.

[CaLiJeRk]

they call it orange peeling because it's not smooth. prob because they didnt prep it good enough before they painted it.

[V6Maniac]

I had similar problems with my 96 camaro after I had it painted. The paint wasn't peeling but all the clear coat bubbled up and started peeling off. You have to use special clear coat on f-bodies because of how much the body panels flex.

[Ted]

Theres a lot of different terms for orange peeling that people use. Some people refer to it as the dirt in the clear where it doesn't look smooth completely, others refer to it as the clearcoat pealing off. All in all when people don't really know what it is they just call it orange peeling, lol. Anyway, you'd have to describe it a little better to me and i'd beable to help. Maybee even take some pictures. If I were you i'd either contact the insurance company and tell them that the bodyshop that did your work has flaws in their quality. Or I would just take it directly back to them first and tell them about it, if they don't fix the problem, then I would talk to the insurance company about it. Most insurance companies like statefarm won't let that kind of **** fly.

[BlueFBird]

hey its almost like the paint has whatt looks like dark spots in some areas, and the clear coat is starting to crack. thanx for the help guys