Front Door

[barmcd]

I had a few bubbles of clear coat lifting off the dark stripe on my front door. I used duct tape and pulled off the loose clear, but I've had more spots bubble up. Now that I've removed the clear over a larger area I can see cracks in the paint layer. This puzzles me because I thought the door was steel or aluminum and not fiberglass. What are they made of?

[CountryB]

Mine looks like an aluminum frame with plywood/veneer covering it and fiberglass over that.

[barmcd]

Originally Posted by CountryB

Mine looks like an aluminum frame with plywood/veneer covering it and fiberglass over that.

That's not what I want to hear! I'd like to make it look better, but I don't want to get into a massive project.

[barmcd]

This is what the clear looks like on this gold color on the door. I have some clear coat peeling on the roof radius and this on the door. The other colors on the door are fine.

The peeling is about 25% the width of the door right now. I can pull the peeling clear off and get a good edge, but in a month or so that edge starts crumbling so I have been reluctant to paint it. I plan to spray two part clear over the spot to make it look good for now, and paint the whole door later.

[jacwjames]

That's probably what I'd do. Sand it with very fine sandpaper to feather the clear coat that is there and then spray the new clear coat on.



I had to repaint 3 of my basement doors on drivers side, I didn't strip the entire area. After repainting I sprayed the clear coat on. Looks pretty good, my brother has done lots of restoration and body work, took him a while to find the area I fixed.