[s-cars] How common is paint checking or cross hatches in the paint?Also, sorry to the guy on Highway 119 near Longmont

[Kirby Smith]

High quality paint?  In the context of Audis the phrase brings tears to
my eyes.  The Greenies in Germany have forced the Auto companies to use
water based paints.  What saves Audis from disgrace is galvanizing.  In
the case of my pearl 95 S6, I have tiny spots on the trunk lid where the
clear coat (all 10 microns of it) went missing under the previous owner
(pine sap?).  There are bubbles on the side of the hood from internal
corrosion.

If one wants high quality paint, he either lays on the requisite n coats
of succeedingly wetter acrylic lacquer (now banned in some localities),
or uses Imron or its updated clones, depending on preference for
repairability vs. hardness.

kirby


Paul.Park at colorado.edu wrote:
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> Although my paint checking seems to be the worst that I've ever seen in any
> car, I think the issue of paint checking has become a little bit mroe frequent
> amongst some s-car guys. I have heard from a few people, that their S-cars
> exhibit some sort of cross hatching on the hood, and decklid. It's ironic,
> because most of the S-car reviews that I've read, go into lengths about the big
> Audi's fit and finish, and the high quality paint.
> 
> Anyways, on some parts of my car, it's obvious that the clear coat is just
> whithering away. Is this what causes the cross hatching?
> 
> I just want a new paint job:)
> 
> Paul
> -p.s. - to the guy in the Silver S6 on Highway 119 near Niwot/Longmont, I
> always seem to drive like a maniac around you. But I'm always coming from work
> and it's nice to open her up when there aren't many cars around.
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