Adhesion failure shows up as peeling, sometimes down to bare metal, and it's one of the most frustrating comebacks a shop can get because it often doesn't appear until well after the vehicle is back with the customer.
Surface prep is the number one cause. Inadequate sanding, skipped scuffing between coats, or contamination left on the panel from a prior repair all prevent the mechanical or chemical bond a coating needs to hold long-term.
Product compatibility is the second major cause — using a primer, sealer, and basecoat from mismatched systems that weren't designed to bond to each other. Every system we stock is engineered as a compatible stack from primer through clear; mixing across brands without checking compatibility is a common, avoidable source of failure.
If peeling keeps recurring across jobs, it's worth auditing your prep routine against the manufacturer's process sheet rather than assuming it's a one-off. We can walk through your current process with you and flag where it may be diverging from what the product's actually built for.
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