I thought I knew orange peel. 

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 12/21/2017 at 16:18 • Filed to: At least there’s no rust

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I was wrong.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:21

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that not orange peel.... that sleet effect.... highly exclusive

crowmolly > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:22

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That a Tesla?

Chariotoflove > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 12/21/2017 at 16:23

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My mistake. I better start saving up to afford it, then.

punkgoose17 > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:23

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Is this not the results from a can of spray paint? What make and model car is this?

Chariotoflove > crowmolly 12/21/2017 at 16:26

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Better! A Cavalier.

Chariotoflove > punkgoose17 12/21/2017 at 16:28

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This is a crappy Cavalier at a construction site. I’m pretty sure it was a hand job, but it was very thorough.

benjrblant > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:28

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I bet you could smell the zest if you pinched it.

Chariotoflove > benjrblant 12/21/2017 at 16:29

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That would have been grate.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:30

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An actual sheetrock wall inside a house says “dayum, son!”

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:31

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It looks like they sprayed it with bedliner then laid colour over the top of that...

LongbowMkII > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:36

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almost as bad as the underside of a bangle BMW trunk

benjrblant > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:37

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Good idea! Take a zester to it when the owner isn’t looking!

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:43

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Thorough hand jobs are the best kind.

Chariotoflove > cmill189 - sans Volvo 12/21/2017 at 16:45

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Was waiting for this. Oppo came through once again.

Chariotoflove > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/21/2017 at 16:46

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Hah!

Chariotoflove > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/21/2017 at 16:46

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Yeah, bet it’s near indestructible.

Chariotoflove > LongbowMkII 12/21/2017 at 16:48

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I’ll take your word for that.

Chariotoflove > benjrblant 12/21/2017 at 16:49

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You trying to get me killed?

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:52

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You’ve left the realm of orange peel, and moved on into alligator skin.

Chariotoflove > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 12/21/2017 at 16:54

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So then, if you put some Neutrogena on it like in the commercial, it will smooth right out?

crowmolly > cmill189 - sans Volvo 12/21/2017 at 16:56

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Kind of an old-fashioned way to do it though.

LongbowMkII > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 16:56

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in the early 2000's I went to the DC autoshow and i still cannot unsee the terrible paint. I also remember the G35 interior being nice.

crowmolly > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 12/21/2017 at 16:57

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“Why pay a body shop? I can spray paint too.”

Chariotoflove > LongbowMkII 12/21/2017 at 16:59

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There is no excuse for bad paint on an auto show car.

I looked at the original G35 before I got the RX-8. It was nice except I thought that silver paint on the dash was too cheap for an Infiniti. I liked the seats a lot though. I remember them as some of the best seats I’d ever sat in.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > crowmolly 12/21/2017 at 17:01

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Or even better:

“Just get a shop to polish it after I’ve painted it!”

crowmolly > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 12/21/2017 at 17:01

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Well, it just needs a cut and buff, obvs.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > crowmolly 12/21/2017 at 17:05

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Definitely should have gone with a paint gun AKA a blow job.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > crowmolly 12/21/2017 at 17:13

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When I was working in Baltimore, there were guys that would hang out at shopping center parking lots scoping out cars with dents. No more tools than a drill, a couple hooks (yup, drill and yank in 2003ish), and a five gallon can of mud. They’d approach the owner, and explain that they could fix the car real cheap, just take it to a shop to get painted afterwards! All the expense is in the body work!

Customers would come in with an unsanded blob of cheap mud on their car under the mistaken impression that we’d paint it for a couple hundred dollars.

Those folks usually ended up pretty upset by the time I’d walked them through the shop and shown them proper work...

user314 > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 17:28

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Yeah, that looks about right.

WilliamsSW > crowmolly 12/21/2017 at 17:29

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Panel gaps are too small

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 17:30

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Hopefully this wasn’t the integra (?) You were looking at for your sister?

Chariotoflove > user314 12/21/2017 at 17:58

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I looks like someone took that and ran over the paint with it while still wet.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 12/21/2017 at 18:00

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No, this was a random car I passed on the way back from my ride around the lake. 68F and sunny. I couldn’t pass up a day like this.

I’m having a hard time organizing a trip to see the Integra before I travel Tuesday. If I can’t get help driving it, I may lose it. Everyone’s so busy.

Die-Trying > crowmolly 12/21/2017 at 19:14

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“why buy  spray paint?, ive got a roller in the garage”

MINIGTI > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 19:17

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My neighbors bought a used ford freestar that had obviously been in an accident. The whole back left side is painted about that badly. I hope it was cheap.

crowmolly > Die-Trying 12/21/2017 at 19:18

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Yeah, this is totally a roller job. Gotta be!

Die-Trying > crowmolly 12/21/2017 at 19:28

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i have done roller, and brush painting on old fenders laying around. usually to get some coverage on them, and get a good idea of how far off of straight they are. i usually give them about a half dozen coats of odd shades of primer on top of the brush work, but i love the brindle finish it leaves after blocking it true......

i can spot a roller job a ways off these days.....

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 19:36

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I recently saw a previous gen Tahoe, with paint roughly that bad. I couldn’t stop staring at it.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 19:49

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Just saw this on my walk tonight. Clearly not iced over. Sorry for lousy quality. Low light plus trying hold dog leash.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > WilliamsSW 12/21/2017 at 19:49

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It’s clearly a Cavalier...

Chariotoflove > MINIGTI 12/21/2017 at 19:51

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That’s the only possible reason. No one sane would spend money on that.

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 12/21/2017 at 19:52

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Like rubber necking an accident, huh?

Chariotoflove > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/21/2017 at 19:54

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That’s okay. The misery comes through clearly.

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 12/21/2017 at 20:11

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Yeah, pretty much.

MINIGTI > Chariotoflove 12/22/2017 at 00:03

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Also, I had a red Hyundai Veloster rental recently. Nice car and looked good but I noticed at some angles the paint was surprisingly orange peely.

Chariotoflove > MINIGTI 12/22/2017 at 00:27

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That’s disappointing. I’m glad our Kias don’t have that problem.

MINIGTI > Chariotoflove 12/22/2017 at 07:46

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I was however very pleased with the stunning job the guys at Service King did repainting a few panels on my MINI after a tiny accident I had. Texture and color match factory perfectly.

Chariotoflove > MINIGTI 12/22/2017 at 11:15

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Yeah, we just got our van back from Service King. The paint was well done.