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The article implies that, but paint won't (and shouldn't) deface or obscure the serial numbers.
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It depends on how the paint was applied & how many coats were done. I've seen some "home painted" efforts that could hide all the cracks in death valley & the Grand Canyon.
We bought a processing machine years back & had a heck of a time getting parts because the stampings with the variant, model number & serial number was utterly buried in powdercoat. We literally had to get a steel brush & scrape the multiple layers off to read, or even find the info.
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