Orange Peel: Why does your new car have it?

Cool, well-documented post from New Old Cars.

That orange peel on your new car? It’s left there on purpose. In fact, there are industry standards for orange peel on a scale of 1 to 10, used by every manufacturer. And guess what? It’s not going away anytime soon.
Yes, I know. You assumed all along that factory paint shops are negligent and that orange peel is a result of their “improper” or “rushed” application process.

You would be incorrect.

Maybe instead you assumed that orange peel is most obvious on high-end cars because the paint is “applied by hand”.

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