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Orange peel is usually the result of the paint drying too fast or being applied too dry. It's called "orange peel" because the surface of the paint/clearcoat looks like the skin of an orange.
Originally posted by kcnewell Crappy factory paint! I bought a car with it ( Orange peel ) once and they( The Factory ) paid to have it fixed....After 7 months of haggleing!
To tell the truth....It was a G.M. '78 pickup truck. If it was a Chrysler product it wouldn't have been worth the hassle. I mean, Who cares about the paint on a P.O.S.?
( My Dodge van was built in Canada!.....Maybe THAT explains it! )
ALMOST every car you find has at least some degree of it. It requires a rather expensive process to TOTALLY eliminate it. Lexus is one of the few that goes above and beyond to eliminate it. Their paint process is amazing!
Overall, taking a car back to the dealer regarding that is usually counter-productive since the quality of what you'll end up with is generally poor. They'll either apply some more clear (rarely), or just have some guy wet-sand and polish the whole car (generally the case). And wet-sanding the clear coat on a new car is a VERY questionable procedure since there is VERY little of it to start off with. In most cases, you'll be left with very little clear in several areas of the car and THAT's not a good thing if you intend on keeping the car awhile and waxing and polishing a couple times a year etc.
In my case...It was so bad that they wound up sending it to a local paint shop and the Mfg. paid to have it repainted. I ( of course ) took advantage and paid the difference to have some upgrades done and wound up with show quality paint at a discount price! I was gonna paint it anyway but it was SO BAD I figured that they could pay for some of it.
