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Old May 11, 2018 | 09:09 PM
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Probably neither. From the looks of the cable holder, I'd say there was a layer of scale from the welling process on top of the weld. Moisture got underneath the paint and into the scale. The weld scale lost adhesion to the base metal and maybe swelled a little. paint cracked and fell off.
 
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