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| | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Ken, on the Tercel I bet it's just an oxidation issue and since it was never waxed or buffed it just got eaten by the sun. Paints from the mid '80's on had to be reformulated for environmental regulations and many of them have not had good UV resistance. They are just now getting things right. Japanese and US paints were the worst, for some reason the Germans got it right and 15 year old BMW's still have good paint for the most part. Red, black, and blue seem to be the worst for oxidation problems. I need to do my annual deep polish of my red Miata for the winter's sun damage. I keep it waxed but it is parked outside most of the time and it starts to oxidise. A good buffing and wax job cleans it up nicely.
On the blue filler that you used it was probably the filler's fault. That stuff has a lot of solvent in it and it was probably incompatible with the paint.
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