fuxxing light inserts halp please

1. Scrapso Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 152

   #1 13th September 2012, 18:23

   Why when I keep tryin to paint my inserts are they developing cracks and dropping to pieces?? I did right hand insert no problem left hand 2 lights av gone through put like in oven at 150 for ten mins get it out seperate glass leave to cool give insert a quik key up plastic prime it to come back and its dropped to pieces wtf helpppp
2. ryanc134 Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 Barnsley Posts: 116 x plate saxo vtr

   #2 13th September 2012, 20:00

   the actual insert is breaking up or the paint?
3. Scrapso Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 152

   #3 14th September 2012, 09:58

   The insert itself keeps going brittle first time it happened I thought I hadn't let it cool long enough so second time I gave it an hour and same thing gave it a quik key and plastic primed it then cracks started to appear infront of me and it started to break up picked it up and bits drop off just falls to pieces
4. marcusd Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr

   #4 14th September 2012, 18:58

   so the paints cracking off? if thats a yes then there is something on the surface thats reacting so you need to clean it off better
5. danny-vts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2010 Chesterfield/Nottingham Posts: 7147 dead vts. twisted 106 gti. '03' vtrrrr

   #5 14th September 2012, 21:58

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by marcusd so the paints cracking off? if thats a yes then there is something on the surface thats reacting so you need to clean it off better

   no, the insert is breaking
6. DAMSK11 Established Member Joined: Jan 2012 Cambridgeshire, England Posts: 2180 Saxo 1.1, Fiesta Zetec S

   #6 15th September 2012, 02:03

   Shoddy Citroen quality
7. Ryanoo Established Member Joined: Nov 2011 Northamptonshire Posts: 1084 MK2 VTR.

   #7 15th September 2012, 02:56

   Did you pre-heat the oven? It's probably under-cooked is all.

   1 user thanked this post: slimwiltaz
8. Scrapso Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 152

   #8 15th September 2012, 10:45

   I pre heated it at 150 but its only cracking when I prime it but you may be right because the first on I did I over cooked it melt the back of the light and had to change it but the insert never broke atleast lol but I thought the whole point was just to heat the glue?
9. user_106687 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2016 Oxfordshire, bicester Posts: 152 Saxo Vtr in black 53 plate Silvertop with a few mo

   #9 20th April 2016, 15:06

   Probably heating it up too much, it sounds like it's cracking from thermal shock, try next time leaving it in the oven for less time, just until the meats pink has disappeared