Paint peeling

[Lone wolf]

‘21 F150 XLT 5.0 70,000 miles getting some paint peeling off roof of truck. Anyone else seeing this issue? Probably 3” long x 1/4 “ Wide. Was a small spot and I hit it with a do it yourself car wash wand and it started flaking off. Thinking of touching up with a duplicolor product touch up paint applicator.

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[Mosey]

I thought the manufactures got past this problem.

 

[Kanuck]

Surprised...but not Surprised....... when you have robots doing something that you needs eyes on to check. Spray gun plug for a second, debris on the surface, ect....sorry to hear about this....will be checking my 21 roof today.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

Depending on the size of the damaged area, simply applying touch up paint may not be a permanant fix and chances are will require at the least the damaged area or possibly the entire roof to be re-sprayed. If it's a small spot, you might get away with just touchup paint but if it's a big-ish spot it may not adhere well to the aluminum w/o being properly prepped first. Probably not a bad option to contact a couple reputable mobile paint companies as well as take it to a body shop for an estimate. If it's a small spot they should be able to blend it in fairly easily and may not cost you much out of pocket.

 

[FaaWrenchBndr]

Yeah, the pressure washer spray wands are extremely bad news for paint. The pressure and the precise spray puts an extremely large amount of pressuring a concentrated area thus getting under and lifting the paint.

 

[Highway 11]

What colour? I've always found Ford white was prone to peeling. Ended up blasting my Escape's A-pillar paint off with a pressure washer a few years back.

 

[Lone wolf]

Oxford white, really wasn’t close to the surface with the wand. All great advice from everyone and thanks to all.

 

[3DogKnight]

It's most likely that one of the robots in the paint booth sneezed and left a gob of snot on the roof and then proceeded to paint over it. That's my guess.

 

[rvniner]

Depending on the size of the damaged area, simply applying touch up paint may not be a permanant fix and chances are will require at the least the damaged area or possibly the entire roof to be re-sprayed. If it's a small spot, you might get away with just touchup paint but if it's a big-ish spot it may not adhere well to the aluminum w/o being properly prepped first. Probably not a bad option to contact a couple reputable mobile paint companies as well as take it to a body shop for an estimate. If it's a small spot they should be able to blend it in fairly easily and may not cost you much out of pocket.

I have experience with painting aluminum (aircraft), aluminum must be carefully prepared prior to painting or the paint will not adhere.

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