2000 CHEVY S10 WITH FAILING PAINT

Almost Everything Autobody's Car of the Day is a 2000 Chevy S10 with microchecking paint. Microchecking can also be called lacquer checking, lacquer cracking, crazing or surface checking. It happens when materials below the paint cause problems resulting in lots of tiny cracks that look like check marks. The cracks can let water get under the paint to cause rust. On this vehicle, we repaired the old failing paint, applied a new coat of primer then put on a fresh coat of gloss black. We finished the project with flame graphics.

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Burgundy CAR WEEK

This week at Almost Everything Autobody we had our fill of Burgundy cars to paint--10 in all! Now it's Friday and were wondering what next week's color will be. So bring your car to Almost Everything Autobody to help us figure out next week's color.

PEELING PAINT ON 1996 GMC YUKON

This 1996 Yukon came to Almost Everything Autobody for some desperately needed rust repair. We reconditioned the roof and hood, sanded the car to get rid of the peeling paint, put on a new protective coating of primer/sealer and repainted the car with a high quality polyurethane paint. The car looks as if it was just coming off the dealer's lot.

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Look at the hood sun damage

Hood needing some help from Almost Everything Autobody

Now that's a rusty roof!

Polyurethane Paint Job

Now that's a hood to be proud of

Roof after reconditioning

The car looks as if it was just coming off the dealer's lot

1995 NISSAN SENTRA AMBASSADOR SUMMER SPECIAL

 CUSTOMER BROUGHT US THIS 1995
NISSAN SENTRA WITH PEELING PAINT AND
A REPLACED FENDER THAT THEY WERE
NEVER ABLE TO PAINT.WE PAINTED THE
CAR FOR THE SAME PRICE OTHER SHOPS WANTED JUST TO PAINT FENDER ,BUMPER AND HOOD "WHAT A DEAL"!!!!!

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TO PAINT BUMPER,HOOD,FENDER OTHER
SHOP S WANTED WHAT WE PAINTED THE CAR FOR
"WHAT A GREAT DEAL"

1972 NOVA GETTING READY FOR GOODGUYS CAR SHOW

CUSTOMER BROUGHT US THIS 1970 CHEVY NOVA THAT  THEY WANTED  TO SHOW AT GOODGUY'S IN 8 DAYS CAR WAS PAINTED 6 YEARS AGO
AND THEY WANTED TO CLEAN IT UP. WE REPAIRED RUST IN ROOF RAIL AND FIXED A COUPLE OF DOOR DINGS
A DENT ON THE FRONT FENDER
SANDED DOWN THE OLD PAINT
AND PAINTED IT FOREST GREEN

CAR HAD MINOR RUST

BODY REPAIR : DENT ON FRONT FENDER
DOOR DING'S THROUGH OUT THE CAR

1996 HONDA ACCORD WITH PEELING PAINT

Almost Everything's Car of the Day came in with both peeling clear coat and a condition called microchecking or lacquer checking (see close-up below.) Almost Everything reconditioned the delaminating clear coat and stripped the areas of the car with microchecking before painting the entire car.

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Microchecking (also called lacquer checking) starts as microscopic cracks caused by failing material under the paint. Engine heat, ultraviolet rays or contaminants can all cause microchecking. The cracks can allow water to get under the paint leading to rust.

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