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Offline Wrightly

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Strange marks on paint
« on: June 09, 2022, 01:15:09 pm »
Does anyone have any clues as to what is happening here with all these little white dots?

It started a couple of months ago and has got progressively worse.

It's smooth to touch, seems to be coming from under the paint.




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Re: Strange marks on paint
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2022, 01:37:42 pm »
Possibly top coat worn/eroded away.  A bird sh1t did that to my roof.  The paint on these cars is super thin and cr@p


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Re: Strange marks on paint
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2022, 04:55:01 pm »
Thanks, will look into having it repaired.

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Re: Strange marks on paint
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2022, 05:43:12 pm »
Looks like a chemical reaction to me. Possibly had a localised repair using  incompatible paint.

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Re: Strange marks on paint
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2022, 06:44:38 pm »
To me it looks like a flake chipped off - there is meant to be a screw in the bumper just behind the blemish
- is that still there?
if its missing it could be the bumper got caught and chipped the paint.

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Re: Strange marks on paint
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2022, 08:54:39 am »
Had a look at the pic last night and I agree. It looks like a poor repair job unfortunately.


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Re: Strange marks on paint
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2022, 10:11:50 am »
moisture after poor paint job

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Re: Strange marks on paint
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2022, 10:53:51 am »
Oh well, the bodyshop then, thanks for everyone's help.