Help, I've knackered my paint.

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w1ndsurfnut

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This is my car before I Messed it up. Will try and get a photo up of the paint surface tomorrow. Its a 2003 2.5 auto and one of the best things about it given the age was the state of the paint. Anyway she has been laid up in my garage for months due to the rocker cover gasket needing doing and various other things. The garage is under construction so I have been cutting some natural stone which created a lot of fine dust. This ended up sitting on the car for a long time. Just taken it down the local jet wash as an initial start of cleaning it thinking it would all just come off. Its only dust right. Wrong. The surface feels terrible, like there is grit stuck to it ,and up close it looks like rust coloured bits on the surface of the paint. They pick off with your thumb nail. But there is still a rust coloured mark on the paint. Tried a quick polish with auto glym as a test and its not really dealing with it. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. My initial thought is claying the whole car, but I have never done this. Really pissed off with myself for neglecting her in this way. I hate self inflicted problems. :headbang:
 
If you have been using a cutting disc nearby you will need some iron-x or similar to remove the fallout.

I'd probably foam, gentle wash, iron-x, tardis, and then clay. Wash again the protect.
 
Grab your self couple clay bars and set aside a good 5-10h shift if it's all over your car. I would recommend bilt hamber clay and korrosol if the "dust" is iron particles.
 
Might be tempted to let a local expert see it before having a go yourself just in case.....

Hope all goes well.

Whereabouts are you?
 
srhutch said:
If you have been using a cutting disc nearby you will need some iron-x or similar to remove the fallout.

I'd probably foam, gentle wash, iron-x, tardis, and then clay. Wash again the protect.
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Plus 1 on this. Definitely going to need a clay. It'll be time well spent.
 
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This...

You might be able to save it, I would head to your nearest professional detailer and keep your fingers crossed..

Depending on how bad you have damaged the paint, be prepared for quite a bill
 
HelenZ4 I'm in rural France near Cognac. Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to have to tackle this myself as I have no idea where I would get this sorted here.
 
HubertK said:
Grab your self couple clay bars and set aside a good 5-10h shift if it's all over your car. I would recommend bilt hamber clay and korrosol if the "dust" is iron particles.
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I have been looking at the clay you mentioned. it comes in 200g pots and 3 grades. I was thinking of getting all 3. Is 200g enough to do the whole car. I'm totally new to this level of cleaning/detailing. :?
 
If you buy 3 x200g of varying bars you will have enough...

I think I would probably get the heaviest grade initially and see what happens...

May save you a few quid in the long run
 
Smartbear said:
Clay mit, loads faster & pretty much the same job :thumbsup:
Should be ok if you don't rush it.
Rob
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^^^^ this

The iron x is also a good call. The nature of cutting discs and the heat generated means that disc debris can and will burn into any surface it lands on . Paint work and glass are easily damaged by this . Check your windscreen and Windows etc too !
 
Dietcokeman said:
Smartbear said:
Clay mit, loads faster & pretty much the same job :thumbsup:
Should be ok if you don't rush it.
Rob
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^^^^ this

The iron x is also a good call. The nature of cutting discs and the heat generated means that disc debris can and will burn into any surface it lands on . Paint work and glass are easily damaged by this . Check your windscreen and Windows etc too !
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Thanks Dietcokeman, I think. It just gets better and better.
 
Plus another one for clay mitt. I have just bought a farecla G3 clay mitt off ebay. its much easier to use than the the bar, get the car wet and then soak the mitt in a bucket with your usual shampoo, and just rub the car like you are washing it. It covers a larger area than a bar and you are much less likely to drop it
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w1ndsurfnut said:
Dietcokeman said:
Smartbear said:
Clay mit, loads faster & pretty much the same job :thumbsup:
Should be ok if you don't rush it.
Rob
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^^^^ this

The iron x is also a good call. The nature of cutting discs and the heat generated means that disc debris can and will burn into any surface it lands on . Paint work and glass are easily damaged by this . Check your windscreen and Windows etc too !
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Thanks Dietcokeman, I think. It just gets better and better.
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Sorry wasn't trying to be negative , just honest and worth checking before you knacker wiper blades , door window seals etc
 
Bluecat said:
Plus another one for clay mitt. I have just bought a farecla G3 clay mitt off ebay. its much easier to use than the the bar, get the car wet and then soak the mitt in a bucket with your usual shampoo, and just rub the car like you are washing it. It covers a larger area than a bar and you are much less likely to drop it
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No, NO and NO - DO NOT "just wet and rub"

You need to, if possible, foam, power wash and repeat on this, you need to remove as much "loose material" as possible before you physically touch the paint with anything, and then you MUST use some sort of lube whilst claying, or you will destroy the paint.


Mike
 
Yorkie Z wrote:
That's not dust mate, that is from the cutting disc itself. You have burnt in to the lacquer.!!!
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I think Yorkie Z could well be right, cold stone dust/debris landing on your car would wash off.
The cutting disc is basically tiny bits of carborundum held together by some sort of resin to form the disc. During use these tiny particles are dislodged as the disc wears and are scattered along with the stone dust/debris which are obviously red hot at source
For the bits of carborundum and stone dust/debris to have still been hot when they landed on your car, you would have had to have been quite close as they would normally rapidly cool as they flew through the air.
Really hope that claying solves the problem for you but if they are burnt into the top coat of lacquer/paint, something a bit more drastic may be needed. Good luck.
 
Ducklakeview said:
Bluecat said:
Plus another one for clay mitt. I have just bought a farecla G3 clay mitt off ebay. its much easier to use than the the bar, get the car wet and then soak the mitt in a bucket with your usual shampoo, and just rub the car like you are washing it. It covers a larger area than a bar and you are much less likely to drop it
:thumbsup:
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No, NO and NO - DO NOT "just wet and rub"

You need to, if possible, foam, power wash and repeat on this, you need to remove as much "loose material" as possible before you physically touch the paint with anything, and then you MUST use some sort of lube whilst claying, or you will destroy the paint.


Mike
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Dodo juice for life :D
 
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