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| Thread ID: 94214 | 2008-10-20 04:46:00 | White spots on car roof | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 713335 | 2008-10-20 23:53:00 | Doesn't happen to most old car, and I have had a few. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 713336 | 2008-10-21 02:10:00 | It happened to my parents corolla when it was only 4 years old. So it's not an old car problem. | plod (107) | ||
| 713337 | 2008-10-21 02:22:00 | It's an "E-thing" with the newer non-lacquer or acetone-based paints . Many manufacturers use a different paint formula (bean-counters with semi autos pointed at painter's heads to save $$) for the tops as they feel that the tops aren't getting wet all the time with road film and salt and dirt/sand at velocities to blast the better paints away on the lower areas . Any areas above the beltline are somewhat lesser paint for quality . General Motors had this problem a while back, Ford still does and Chrysler is still using finger paints on their cars . Since the advent of urethanes for automotive exterior paints and a steep learning curve, the US auto makers have figgered it out by now and the paints are truly superb . The Japanese have it pretty well under hand and even their red and green colors have a lot of staying power now . Welcome to Green Think-Land . :mad: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 713338 | 2008-10-21 03:50:00 | If you Google peeling car paint, there are lots of articles on it. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 713339 | 2008-10-21 22:44:00 | It's an "E-thing" with the newer non-lacquer or acetone-based paints . Many manufacturers use a different paint formula (bean-counters with semi autos pointed at painter's heads to save $$) for the tops as they feel that the tops aren't getting wet all the time with road film and salt and dirt/sand at velocities to blast the better paints away on the lower areas . Any areas above the beltline are somewhat lesser paint for quality . General Motors had this problem a while back, Ford still does and Chrysler is still using finger paints on their cars . Since the advent of urethanes for automotive exterior paints and a steep learning curve, the US auto makers have figgered it out by now and the paints are truly superb . The Japanese have it pretty well under hand and even their red and green colors have a lot of staying power now . Welcome to Green Think-Land . :mad: Thats helpful . Finally an answer that made sense . Thanks Joe . |
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