What would cause marks like this in paintwork?

[TeaVR]

Just noticed some horrible marks in my paintwork. Never seen anything like this before. Area is in skirt below headlight, but doesn’t look like paint has been broken.

Any ideas ?

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Brutal stone chips (and dead insects for the red bits, but I'm guessing you're mostly worried about the craters). Possibly someone has sprayed over it in an attempt to hide the chips.

[finlo]

Yep, hurried blowover looks good from ten yards.

[TeaVR]

Strange thing is, I’ve never noticed it 🤔

[anonymous-user]

finlo said:

Yep, hurried blowover looks good from ten yards.

This, blowover with no prep work.

[TeaVR]

Still a mystery to me, but how on earth would you get so many stone chips in one place?

[SiH]

I think this is a case of "good from far, far from good".

[finlo]

TeaVR said:

Still a mystery to me, but how on earth would you get so many stone chips in one place?

Motorway tailgater.

[Richard-D]

Joey Deacon said:

finlo said:

Yep, hurried blowover looks good from ten yards.

This, blowover with no prep work.

Or maybe a respray over a heavily stone chipped bumper and they missed that section when prepping.

[finlo]

Richard-D said:

Joey Deacon said:

finlo said:

Yep, hurried blowover looks good from ten yards.

This, blowover with no prep work.

Or maybe a respray over a heavily stone chipped bumper and they missed that section when prepping.

That would be a hurried blowover then!