The 12 year old F150 that came back showroom clean after one rainstorm

Had a customer drop off his truck for rust repair, thing was beat to hell, 230k miles and cab corners rotted out. We patched it up and he picked it up Friday, then it rained all weekend. He sent me pics Monday, the rust spots turned into this smooth gray patina, looks like he paid us to do a full repaint instead of just the patch. Anyone else ever see fresh filler react weird to moisture like that?

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singh.harper1mo ago

smooth gray patina" is just oxidized filler, not paint.

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wood.uma1mo ago

Filler shrinks at a different rate than the metal around it. That's the tell nobody talks about. Run your hand across it years later and the filler sits low, sunken in its own little valley. Paint doesn't do that.

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