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ptirving wrote: ↑Thu May 24, 2018 10:04 am One hopes the paint application processes these days are sufficiently robust......... somewhat improved from BL days

Modern paints are more prone to damage as they are water based. Years ago in BL days they were celulose based so a lot harder. Just running your finger nail gently over a modern paint will mark it, hence why detailing is so popular these days.

It amazes me that people spend £000's on a car then take it to a cheap foreign hand car wash and get a wash with a sponge or cloth that has been on the ground, used on multiple cars, very strong chemicals used etc to do a quick job. Looks clean from a distance, but so much damage inflicted.

I was in the zone of bodyshells being transported unprotected outside, very little or no anticorosion treatment....