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Old 05-29-2021, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by DanEC View Post
I’ve heard of other evidence of fuel spills damaging paint in not too many years and it’s a mystery to me as urethane is pretty much standard anymore and should be undamaged by fuel. I’ve even flooded fuel over the back of my lacquer paint 66 Corvette but it didn’t damage it - wiped it down with a wet towel and drove home and waxed the area. It’s pretty much a habit with me anymore to carry a damp towel with me if I’m planning to stop for gas. I don’t understand how that type of damage happens??
I had paint damage from gas spilled on a 64 Corvette but that was in 1964. Paints were very different than today’s. It could be a poor job from the factory, if it were from pump gas.
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