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Why are GM ~ GMC trucks & vans have poor paint jobs?
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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 2361391" data-attributes="member: 60252"><p>When I worked in the paint dept at a GM assembly plant, on a pick-up truck line, the hoods and bodies came together from different points. On the conveyors, the hoods and fenders passed under a lot of machinery before meeting up with the cab and would sometimes have drips or smears of oil, sometimes many in a row. Just before entering the paint booth, there was actually someone who would wipe the spots of using just a rag and some paint thinner. I doubt the thinner had time to fully dry, or that the rag removed more of the oil than it spread around. I saw the same thing on pickups for years later, and then on a lot of Astro vans. There was no sanding. The fenders and hoods came into the assembly plant primed and ready to paint. Sanding would have meant re-priming and I never saw anyone priming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 2361391, member: 60252"] When I worked in the paint dept at a GM assembly plant, on a pick-up truck line, the hoods and bodies came together from different points. On the conveyors, the hoods and fenders passed under a lot of machinery before meeting up with the cab and would sometimes have drips or smears of oil, sometimes many in a row. Just before entering the paint booth, there was actually someone who would wipe the spots of using just a rag and some paint thinner. I doubt the thinner had time to fully dry, or that the rag removed more of the oil than it spread around. I saw the same thing on pickups for years later, and then on a lot of Astro vans. There was no sanding. The fenders and hoods came into the assembly plant primed and ready to paint. Sanding would have meant re-priming and I never saw anyone priming. [/QUOTE]
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