Collision Wrap

[John F.]

I just read Tim Mickey's Paint Advisory on page 51 of the Corvette Restorer. Something similar happened to me this past Labor Day weekend towing my 62 on an open trailer to Illinois for a cruise night. My local body shop said to go ahead and wrap the collision wrap over the headlights and over the top to the rear to protect from any small rocks, etc that may kick up over 1400 miles. A day and a half later when I pulled into Illinois the adhesive from the wrap was staying on the paint when I went to peel it off. We used some 3M adhesive remover and got most off. But there was also some bleach blots in the paint. We can only guess that the rain I drove thru on part of the trip that got under the wrap caused this. A body shop back home took a little 2000 grit sand paper and a little rubbing compound and we got it presentable for the cruise. It didn't affect the hardtop that had just been painted to match the car BC & CC. The rest of the car must have been a lacquer of some type. I would never use this wrap again for anything like this.

[Bill W.]

Re: Collision Wrap

Its a car not a christmas present, drive it.

[Stewart L.]

Re: Collision Wrap

It sounds like moisture has been trapped in the paint. Heat the paint with a heat gun and it should go away. Don't get it too hot and hurt the paint.
I have used this technique many times on new cars where this happens in shipping and it works well.

[Jack H.]

Re: Collision Wrap

I'd advise against such... We had one member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter who thought that was a good route to go for protecting his paint while he ran the car on public streets during shake down test for his performance verification.

Guess what... When he carefully peeled the wrap off, the lacquer paint that'd been curing for +1 year after final paint spray lifted up with the wrap in random chips and speghetti lines!

All the king's horses and all the king's men came to look at the damage (local paint distributor, several local 'expert' painters, wrap company's local & regional reps) and all scratched their heads without a clue to why the damage occurred AND gave solid denials of responsibility that later held up in court!

So, proceed at your own risk... Touching up a rock chip here there, is child's play compared to what this NCRS member was out of pocket on for his repair(s).