hood paint blistering
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From: Catoosa Okla
The pocket compacts my mom had would indeed cook an ant. They also made stuff look about twice it's size. I think that's called "magnification". But they might have died out for shear fear for all I know.
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From: Land o Lakes Florida
You're wrong on two counts there, but I've explained more than once, so I'll give up. That shape on the distributor cover won't focus light, it will scatter it. I had my hood up for about 20 minutes after the wind blew the towel off I had on the breather, and the sun burned an 8 inch long streak of blistered paint, mine actually bubbled up off the hood.
I've done all I could to help, but I can't force you to believe. I'll just have to know that I tried. As I said earlier, next time you raise the hood in the sun, keep an eye on the angle of the sun, and when it hits right look at the bottom side of your hood. When you see the spot, touch it. But touch it like you're testing a stove eye, cause it will blister your skin on your fingers too. Good luck with your remaining paint.
I've done all I could to help, but I can't force you to believe. I'll just have to know that I tried. As I said earlier, next time you raise the hood in the sun, keep an eye on the angle of the sun, and when it hits right look at the bottom side of your hood. When you see the spot, touch it. But touch it like you're testing a stove eye, cause it will blister your skin on your fingers too. Good luck with your remaining paint.
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From: Kannapolis NC
Good points can you do me a favor and quote where I said the distributor cover reflected sun light and burned the back of the hood, because I don't seem to remeber typing that, reflecting light and radiating heat are two different argument, my argument was the latter but not disputing that the first could happen either, jeez guys take the time to read the reply before going keyboard warrior on me
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From: Land o Lakes Florida
What do you propose got your distributor cover so hot that it would blister paint on the hood? A short? The sun? My suggestion to you is that the sun reflected off the breather and burned your hood, just as it has many others. You don't have to believe it, you are welcome to continue as you have. Let your distributor cover sit out in the sun all day, and you can still pick it up. It will never get hot enough to blister paint, even if touching it, which it isn't. I have tried to help you several times and for some reason you're pissed that I don't agree with you. It's no paint off my hood, do as you please.
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From: Kannapolis NC
left the hood open for about 4 hours indirect sunlight when I shut the hood I walked around the car and noticed a line above the distributor shielding where the paint was blistering
How do you propose it blistered with the hood up if it was the cover getting hot. The hood was about three feet away from the cover when it blistered. The car wasn't being driven, nor the key on. The horse you're riding is higher than mine. He asked what caused the problem, I told him, then you got involved and I didn't notice that I was replying to someone other than the car owner. My mistake, I hope he's reading this and takes note as to what caused his problem so it doesn't happen again. Of course your theory is also possible. Something shorted, got hot, melted the hood paint, then fixed itself and the car ran fine afterward. Intermittent short heated up the cover, the sun didn't cause it. The next step for your theory is fix the paint and figure out what got it so hot so it doesn't happen again.
I wish atp1234 all the best, I had the same thing happen to my hood last year as I mentioned earlier and it sucks. It shouldn't happen to anyone. Good luck to you both.
