Paint Deterioration: Less on Body Than Front End?

Started by Captain Cranbrook, October 05, 2006, 10:23:48 PM

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elmo

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October 09, 2006, 05:44:01 AM
you have got it right jt its caused by uv rays  they were not to bad back in the fifties but are getting worse. as a retired car spray painter i have seen it for years. every so often the paint manufactures have to reformulate there paints to try and combat the uv rays as the ozone hole gets bigger. you guys are not so bad off , as here in NZ weare suppossed to have the worst uv problem in the world . apparentley the biggest hole in the ozone layer is over the Antarctic 
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jtw37

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October 08, 2006, 09:50:00 PM
I don't think it is quite that simple, but then you could be right. Mostly you have to remember that the fenders and hood are always in the Sun. Whereas the body is not in direct Sunlight. The direct Sun causes the paint to fade out much faster then it would the side of the car. I not only see it on the older cars but some of the newer ones as well. I guess this day and age, they would call it UV rays.
JT
Original or Street Rod? That is the question. Is is right or wrong to do either? No, as long as an old car is preserved. What difference does it make. I have both.
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Captain Cranbrook

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October 05, 2006, 10:23:48 PM
After seeing lots of beat-up early-fifties Plymouths, both in person and online, it seems to me that the paint on the body holds-up better than the paint on the hood and front fenders.? Is this because the body was primed and painted by Briggs and the front-end sheetmetal was painted in the Plymouth factory?? Has anyone else made this observation or am I the only
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