Orange Peel
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Orange Peel
I was reading in one of the Vette brochures that they have an orange peel paint inspector on the line in Bowling Green. After looking at my 03 and several other C5s I was tempted to call them liars. It came to me like a flash, the inspectors is there to make sure there is plenty of orange peel in the finish, not to reject those with orange peel. If it does not ripple enough it goes back for anoter coat.
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And I thought it because the inspector was the same guy who's glasses they used to mold the bottoms of all bottoms of glass bottles! 
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Originally Posted by CAPN17
I was reading in one of the Vette brochures that they have an orange peel paint inspector on the line in Bowling Green. After looking at my 03 and several other C5s I was tempted to call them liars. It came to me like a flash, the inspectors is there to make sure there is plenty of orange peel in the finish, not to reject those with orange peel. If it does not ripple enough it goes back for anoter coat.
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Originally Posted by MyVetteDream
And I thought it because the inspector was the same guy who's glasses they used to mold the bottoms of all bottoms of glass bottles! 
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Originally Posted by Glennm27
If there actually is an 'Orange Peel Inspector' then you have to be correct. He must be making sure they ALL come off that line with very noticeable orange peel becasue they ALL DO
Must be pretty good at his job too, as I have never seen one without it yet, unless it was repainted.
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Originally Posted by CAPN17
I was reading in one of the Vette brochures that they have an orange peel paint inspector on the line in Bowling Green.
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You guys are brutal!!! But I agree. They must be making sure there is sufficiant OP to pass the Zora Arkus Duntov awards. They actually count the bumps in the OP to see if it's factory correct. If not you can't win a ZAD award. 
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Definitely a problem with the majority of the cars. This inspector must be working overtime.