What is up with this paint

[wheelman]

All these scratches. The white is a buffing compound but any way the scratches are odd. The car seat a while. You can feel these in the paint. Nothing ever touched the roof yo scratch it to our knowledge. Is it some sort of defect? It's all over the entire roof. The rubbing compound obviously makes it easier to see for pictures.

 

[atikovi]

Looks like old deteriorated and dried up paint. What year?

 

[Kira]

That vehicle's roof was "washed" by towels set onto a parking lot to dry.
Most likely at a high school car wash. I've seen it before.

 

[wheelman]

Looks like old deteriorated and dried up paint. What year?

2012

 

[WylieCoyote]

Badly damaged by brushes or dirty rags, now the clear coat is failing due to UV and the scratched, powdery remains are what's left.

 

[Hyundai Respecter]

Is it just the roof that’s scratched? If it was caused by parking lot dried towels like mentioned above wouldn’t the whole car be scratched?

 

[aquariuscsm]

Almost looks like someone laid something on top of it and it scratched the roof.

 

[meep]

My boss’s Yukon did that… literally in once day from nothing to all of it. We never figured out the cause. It happened on the hood and nowhere else. He was demo-ing a house and there was a ton of debris and dust in the air…. We wondered if there was some kind of chemical exposure to/from the paint. There was no physical abrasion to the hood. He got it repainted and no other part has done it.

 

[wheelman]

Is it just the roof that’s scratched? If it was caused by parking lot dried towels like mentioned above wouldn’t the whole car be scratched?

Just the roof.

 

[billt460]

Perhaps someone was hauling things on the roof, and slid things around to get them into position. Cardboard boxes are like sandpaper to automotive paint.

Watch the outside parking lot of any Lowe's or Home Depot on the weekends. You will be amazed at the foolishness you'll see. It's better than watching all the new boaters trying to back up their trailers at the launch ramps on Memorial Day weekend.

 

[Bailes1992]

That's caused by failure of the clearcoat due to UV exposure. Same has happened to our old Mini. Believe it's called crazing?

 

[aquariuscsm]

Believe it's called crazing?

I always thought crazing gave the appearance of shattered glass, or maybe cracked mud? The op's car almost looks like someone climbed on top and went to work with some large grit sandpaper.

 

[PontiacHO]

Snow-ice removal with a broom etc.

 

[KrisZ]

Repaint? And the scratches are from trying to “scuff up” the surface?

 

[Owen Lucas]

The odd and random patterns with undamaged spots in the middle make me think this is a paint failure.

Is this the original finish? Reminds me of a failing Maaco Flake-o 1 stage paintjob. What make and model? Some Honda's had paint recalls and this was especially noticeable on the roof. If you qualify, you can get a free paint job on the affected areas.

 

[JohnnyG]

Pizza/Parts delivery.

 

[PimTac]

Cats.

 

[aquariuscsm]

I was thinking maybe something with large talons.

 

[chrlsful]

habitual placement of items during egress (shoppin bags R left on perimeter, Oh wait, I C
near equal on both axis (L, R & up'n down). Hmmmm... I vote 'car wash' (as above AND
that style of wash machine) while dirty.