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I've seen this paint deforming many times. The paint was likely "dry" to the touch but obviously still impressionable. Too little curing time for the temp it was at during the "drying".
"Classic" QR skewers were developed with enough clamping forces to keep axle in place long before the current vertical drop out craze took over. In fact, IMO, it was the over whelming acceptance and employment of the rear vertical drop out that allowed for the QR skewer to be redesigned with a lower clamping ability but cost less and weigh less. Andy
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