Acid rain paint damage

In our cities, acid rain is responsible for extensive and continuing damage to buildings, monuments, and statues. It reduces the durability of paint and promotes the deterioration of paper, leather, and cloth. In short, we are just beginning to explore the effects of acid rain on human beings and on our food chain. 

Paints and coatings for automobiles have not been immune to damage by air polluhon. Wolff and co-workers (13) found that damage to automobile finishes was the result of scarring by calcium sulfate crystals formed when sulfuric acid in rain or dew reacted with dry deposited calcium. 

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