The paint coating on the surface of this car is damage and the top lacquer is somehow brittle and breaks away easily. This has created a 'Peeling effect' on the paint work as i saw a large area of dull paint work without the top lacquer coating, a respray job is inevitable here.
How much is the thickness of this coating (paint/ lacquer)? This is the side view of the piece of lacquer fragment (above) and the thickness is just about a sheet of paper.
The is the paint reading took on the normal paint work (above) which is about 80+ microns.
This is the reading took on the paint surface without the layer of the lacquer coating (above), the coating thickness is measure to be about 20+ microns.
This is the bare metal plate provided with the PTG (above), it is a pure metal form without any form of coating on it. This is used to cross check the calibration accuracy of the PTG.
This is the reading took from the bare metal plate, the PTG shows 0 micron.
What is the thickness of this particular piece of lacquer fragment from the damaged paintwork?
The piece of lacquer fragment is placed over the bare metal plate and the reading is took using the PTG.
The piece of lacquer fragment is measured to be about 50+ microns. A thousand microns is one millimeter and every paint correction session will remove the paint coating by couple of microns. In cases of adverse paint conditions whereby severe paint correction work is performed, it will deplete the paint work coating drastically. Prevention method/ early intervention ways like regular mild polish/ waxing by hand helps to prolong the longevity of the paint work. Thank you for viewing.
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