P38 Paintwork

Do you know how to treat and respray a bubbly patch I have on the door of my Range Rover p38?
I think it is surface corrosion on the aluminium. It's abot the size of a 50p piece.
What sort of primer would I need?

Please don't tell me off if this has been asked before but I have searched and cant find an answer.

Thanks Fred

Snap!! I have the same problem as Fred.

Come on you bodywork experts..give us the lowdown.:behindsofa:

i would suggest using a acid etch primer on aluminium. you can get spray cans of this from halfords.they also do a really good paint matching service.
And no i dont work for them

i would mask of an area bigger than the repair section,sand and remove all the corosion if it needs filler then lightly fill,and sand level with 1000 grit wet and dry,apply an acid etch primer,colour match with base coat and then laquer,it,s a bit harder for me to explain than it is just to just get on with it

andy 0352 said:

i would mask of an area bigger than the repair section,sand and remove all the corosion if it needs filler then lightly fill,and sand level with 1000 grit wet and dry,apply an acid etch primer,colour match with base coat and then laquer,it,s a bit harder for me to explain than it is just to just get on with it

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if its harder to explain than do, maybe you could pop over and show me how to get on???????

if it wasn,t so far to travel and i had the time i would but i got my own bucket of rust to sort out

this must be a common problem cos i have the same problem

is it rear o/s door (where the bottom window trim meets the metal work) cus i've got one aswell.
must be spreading like swine flu!!!!!!!

mine is bottom of drivers door,its a swine

at least its not contagious (the bubbling not the flu!!!)

chas33 said:

at least its not contagious (the bubbling not the flu!!!)

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i dunno bout that,seems to spreading faster than the flu

do you think we need to rub oinkment on it!!!!!!!!(the old ones are the best)

Mine's on the passenger front door. two spots about the size of a £2 coin. Was thinking of getting a good s/h door and getting the bottom half, everything except the roof, resprayed. Any ideas on cost, if I strip the trim (Bumpers etc.) off myself.

just take it down a few lanes!!! you'll not notice the bubbles when you got scratches on there!!!

At least it will save the cost of flatting the paint down!!!

Good God wev'e all got it.

Bubbling from below and now you tell me to etch.

What next?

Can you send picies?
I will show you mine if I can see yours first

i have an etch a scetch,is this the same fing

Think I'll put a Mickey Mouse sticker over it or a copy of Dopey's avatar....same as what the old Citroen 2CV's had plastered all over them in the olden days!!!

the olden days irish,bloody hell twernt that long ago.

I agree with the proceedures already stated but it's the final finish that's the difficult bit, even if your preparation is spot on, it's still almost impossible to blend-in a small area to any degree of satisfaction. Ok if its your off-roader but on your chelsea tractor its another thing.
I'd recommend you undertake re-spraying the whole door, or at least to the trim line above. You only need to scotch brite the existing paintwork to give the new paint a key. The bit to take care on is the flatting down really well so theres no filler edge showing & flatting down again after primer. I also recommend using anti-scilicone wipes before any paint and between coats, especially if your doing it in a garage where you've run your landy. It will be loaded with scilicone and it plays havoc with repainting. If its a metallic finish, I would consider doing all the prep myself and getting a competent sprayer to put the final coats on. Hope this helps