paint thickness
Discussion
Just wondering here, as I have an issue with some paint defect on my mini on the front corner of the bonnet, took it to BMW for the bodyshop guy to look at with regards to trying to make a claim, turns out he thinks its lacquer peeling, but here's the thing ....he took paint readings over the whole car and they all showed roughly the same reading's at around 250 to 260 on his tool, this then to him indicated that the car had been painted all over, as on new minis he expected to see around the 150 to 180 region doing the same test. He tested a new mini parked next to me to test calibration . Now if the bonnet had been painted and badly so, I'd accept that the lacquer failed due to a poor job, but only see the bonnet reading high when measured, but not the whole car as I can see no reason or evidence to suggest it has been (not first owner so can't be certain)
Would it be deffinate that to see that depth of paint the car has had a full re spray at some point, or could it still be possible it came like that from new as it was uniform thickness all over?
Would it be deffinate that to see that depth of paint the car has had a full re spray at some point, or could it still be possible it came like that from new as it was uniform thickness all over?
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