A CL600-200 (CRJ-200) PILOT NOTICED A PAINT RUN ON THE LEFT S-3 STATIC PORT. ACFT HAD FLOWN 18 FLIGHTS SINCE BEING PAINTED BEFORE DISCREPANCY FOUND

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DURING POSTFLT; THE FO NOTICED PAINT RUN ON THE L S3 PORT. THE ACFT HAS FLOWN 18 FLTS SINCE BEING PAINTED BEFORE THE DISCREPANCY WAS FOUND. PAINT ON THE S3 PORTS ARE NOT NORMAL. BBD THD (BOMBARDIER TECHNICAL HELP DESK) WAS CONTACTED AND AN ACTION TO REMOVE THE PAINT FROM THE S3 PORT WAS UTILIZED FOLLOWING SRM GUIDELINES THAT THE THD PROVIDED. THE ACFT WAS THEN RELEASED FOR SVC. MORE THOROUGH INSPECTIONS OF CRITICAL AREAS AFTER PAINTING OF THE ACFT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: REPORTER STATED THIS IS THE STANDBY STATIC PORT APPROX ONE FOOT FWD OF THE MAIN CABIN FWD LEFT ENTRY DOOR. THIS ACFT FLEW 18 FLIGHTS PRIOR TO THE FO NOTICING THE PAINT OVERRUN. THE PAINT WORK WAS CONTRACTED OUT. HIS COMPANY DOES HAVE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES AT THE PAINT FACILITY OVERSEEING THE PAINT PROCESS AND FINAL CHECK. THERE IS A SPECIFIC CLEANING PROCEDURE FOR THE S-1 AND S-2 STATIC PORTS; BUT NONE FOR THE S-3 STATIC PORT WHICH IS SIMILAR. REPORTER ALSO STATES; BOMBARDIER'S TECH HELP DESK REFERRED MAINT TO THE STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL (SRM) USING THE EXTERNAL ACFT CLEANING PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE PAINT OVERRUN ON ALL PITOT AND STATIC PORTS.