Foolishly, ever so slightly, brushed against a wooden gate post, paint on the rear bumper has just peeled off exposing the black plastic.

 

I'm amazed how soft the Moon White paint is - days gone by such a incident would require a bit of T-Cut and job done.

Paint technology is amazing now

 

They have managed to make paint just a few microns thick saving both time, money and weight.

 

but on the other hand extremely thin paint gives no room for error or even stone chips before it goes straight through.

That is not the paint being soft or hard. That is the keying of the undercoat with the plastic then.

 

This is from me, a time served ex Spray painter, industrial & vehicle. 

8 hours ago, roottoot said:

That is not the paint being soft or hard. That is the keying of the undercoat with the plastic then.

 

This is from me, a time served ex Spray painter, industrial & vehicle. 

what about the move to water based as opposed to oil, 

i always feel the  water based gloss paint you get for painting at home ie doors, skirtings etc is softer than oil based

Water based has been applied to passenger cars for a long time now, so the late 80's, solvent based paints were covered under a EU directive in 2007. 

So if they are soft, hard brittle or what ever then that is what they are.

So coatings, paints, lacquers if water based or acrylics are a huge subject and many are perfectly good. 

 

If VW Group / Skoda are not the best then that is the VW Group.

 

Lots of In Transit repairs on cars is the paint that just flakes off cars when someone power washes them. 

Kerb side autos / man in a van/ on the forecourt (round the back) and no record on the cars history because the 'dealership' never logged damage.

 

Google.

briskoda paint hard soft  hardness  etc   several threads.

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/452620-paint-peeling

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/447732-paint-clear-coat-peeling-or-flaking-off

 

Edited 24 June, 20223 yr by roottoot