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Re: Lexus' Paint -
09-22-2005
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On 19 Sep 2005 09:00:39 -0700, MikeGallagher (AT) paintworldinc (DOT) com graced this newsgroup with: I think you guys need to distiguish between "Soft and Hard" and "Brittle and Flexible". If the paint was "soft" it would not chip since the movement of the paint would diffuse the energy needed to chip it. Thats like saying that Play-Doh chips...I know thats on the extreme side but you get my point. Soft or hard, if the paint is flexible it will diffuse the energy rather than break or crack. It mostly has to do with the way the atoms are held together. Think about a bucket of sand....if you slowly push your hand into it, technically, it is soft; but try to punch the sand and it won't budge. Also, in a thin layer like paint on a car the properties change. Steel is hard but sheet metal bends easily. The point is that water based paint is not soft nor flexible; it is hard and brittle. A good example from the industry is Lacquer automotive paint; hard but extreamly brittle. not true. the paint is soft. You can scratch it with your fingernail unlike older laquer based paints that were very hard and even harder to chip. |
Whether you wish to refer to it as hard or soft, my experience also reflects
that the Lexus paint is quite "fragile" and chips easily compared to
competitive brands. Fortunately for Lexus, most people don't care about the
appearance of their car and don't complain, and the few of us that do care
are not complaining loudly enough to attract their interest for a solution.
s
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"HarleyVa (AT) nospam (DOT) com" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) net> wrote in message news:8ai2j1dqeada7cb3m1892kvfo565uloc4p (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... On 19 Sep 2005 09:00:39 -0700, MikeGallagher (AT) paintworldinc (DOT) com graced this newsgroup with: I think you guys need to distiguish between "Soft and Hard" and "Brittle and Flexible". If the paint was "soft" it would not chip since the movement of the paint would diffuse the energy needed to chip it. Thats like saying that Play-Doh chips...I know thats on the extreme side but you get my point. Soft or hard, if the paint is flexible it will diffuse the energy rather than break or crack. It mostly has to do with the way the atoms are held together. Think about a bucket of sand....if you slowly push your hand into it, technically, it is soft; but try to punch the sand and it won't budge. Also, in a thin layer like paint on a car the properties change. Steel is hard but sheet metal bends easily. The point is that water based paint is not soft nor flexible; it is hard and brittle. A good example from the industry is Lacquer automotive paint; hard but extreamly brittle. not true. the paint is soft. You can scratch it with your fingernail unlike older laquer based paints that were very hard and even harder to chip. Whether you wish to refer to it as hard or soft, my experience also reflects that the Lexus paint is quite "fragile" and chips easily compared to competitive brands. Fortunately for Lexus, most people don't care about the appearance of their car and don't complain, and the few of us that do care are not complaining loudly enough to attract their interest for a solution. |
car. In fact, I am probably teetering on being obsessive-compulsive about
the cleaniness and mechanical condition of my cars. For some reason I have
been that way about all of my vehicles since I first started driving at age
16. Having a really nice ride can be a wonderful thing at times, but it can
also stress you out beyond belief for no good reason whatsoever. :-)
Sometimes it's just not worth concerning yourself with. At least the
cosmetic
aspect of it. I could never let go on the mechanical side of things.
Ron M.
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