Steve,
That may not be as bad as it looks. The paint probably caught on fire while installing the braze on; probably from trying to minimize the amount of paint sanded off for the braze-on work. Kinda backfired. I hope they DID remove the paint before attempting to put a braze-on on it, though!
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
Here's a sad one. Looks like someone got a torch for Christmas.
Steve Barner, bracing for the next deep-freeze in Bolton, Vermont