[steel]

You can not fix orange peel to factory new condition unless you grind it off smooth, repaint and re clear coat. Best to just ignore it and ask the dealer to give you a discount or refund you $800. Do not try to polish it out. This will not work. It will not flake off. Orange peel is just a factory goof up.

[TJay74]

Originally Posted by Glen e

It can't be blamed all on water-based paint. Because the finish of
Lexus, every time, is absolutely perfect compared to other manufacturers. Also Hyundai is paining very well with very little orange peel and it's all waterborne paint.

It is a huge portion of it though, my dad was in charge over all of the plant maintenance at the OKC plant. When it closed it had one of the most state of the art paint facilities in the GM system second to only the Corvette plant.

They noticed a huge drop in quality on the change over to water borne paints, coverage wasn't as good and durability wasn't as good either.

You are right, it isn't all of it but in the grand scheme of mass production it doesn't help. The wifes Audi SQ5 was made in the Germany, the paint quality on it is night and day over any of the domestic vehicles we have owned.