Today a Lexus came in with a failed paint on the hood like I have never seen. This looked like a fifties lacquer job 20 years later kinda failure. It was wild, but this is what trapped solvents can do, it was piled on coat after coat without allowing it to flash. The entire hood had even yellowed, with the blend going off onto the fenders cracking as well.
Man this thing brought back memories as I have never seen this kind of failure with a urethane and I have to assume that is what it is.
I'll bet that is a chemical failure. Incorrect reducer, catylist, or something along those lines. I don't think anything done according to the manufacturer's P sheet could fail that badly.
Oh heck now it the P sheet had been followed it couldn't do this. But that is the point, wrong temp for reducer or hardener chosen even though they are the correct ones is still not following the P pages. Correct temp reducer and hardener, correct everything but applied too heavy, is till not following the P pages.
They did not follow the P pages, that is....clear.
I've used some sketchy cheap paint in the past. Worst I had happen was ppg delstar paint they said would fade eventually, faded in about 3 years. That's with equipment that's not professional, but following the tech sheet to the letter
late 70's early 80's we saw this pretty regular with the cheap converted enamels . there are hundreds of resins and resin levels . cheaper paint cheaper resins .
Not so much a paint failure as it is a "painter" failure ...I've seen it before and its usually a white car.
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