Surface repair
State what this option assumes, what should change first and what evidence would weaken it.
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Repair the finish or investigate the source?
Avoid cosmetic closure over an active mechanism by comparing drying, recurrence, adjacent conditions and the route behind the visible damage.
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Source investigation
Keep this route available until repeated evidence separates it from the first option.
THE EVIDENCE ROUTE
Read. Compare. Choose the smallest safe move.
Decision comparisonRepair the finish or investigate the source? — an evidence-first decision map
Avoid cosmetic closure over an active mechanism by comparing drying, recurrence, adjacent conditions and the route behind the visible damage. This guide compares both routes, defines safe evidence, stop boundaries and the next professional handoff.
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