Handprints on the car won't come off!

ando

Dont ask me why or how, but I have two hand prints on my car?? I washed my car last week thinking they would come off but nope

Any ideas on what to do?

Neilw

Nice car the leon cupra R. reg number digits 744xx?

As for the hand prints, I would try a claybar first. Do you know what was on the persons hand?

Homer

I came out this morning to find this on my bonnet :mad:

Wife had been out for a few drinks and claims she knows nothing about it

<Snip - Homer please resize your image - it's bleedin' massive!>

Seth Brundle

Homer wrote: »

I came out this morning to find this on my bonnet :mad:

Wife had been out for a few drinks and claims she knows nothing about it

<snip>

you need one of these

Sconsey

I've something similar on my car, not as noticable as the OP but I have never been able to remove it, I've given the car a good wash and wax but no joy. It's almost as if the persons hand removed a layer of gloss from the surface (extreme sweaty palms!).

DanGerMus

Homer wrote: »

I came out this morning to find this on my bonnet :mad:

Wife had been out for a few drinks and claims she knows nothing about it

<snip>

Count yourself lucky it's only her hand print on it.

Op i'd say if a claybar don't work then a bit of compound and some elbow grease will have to be tried. Is their a detailer nearby you dould try i'm sure it wouldn't be as much as buying the stuff yourself.

Alun

Could be sweat, but I've also had some nasty marks left on my car by hands that have sunblock / suntan lotion on them.

DUBLINHITMAN

try a clay bar removes most contaminants from paint work

hebejebees

I've seen this a few times before and the explaination i got was that its car wash detergent on the paint work. What happens is that the detergent isn't rinsed properly over a few washes or its too strong for the paint and then a hand pushes the door and essentially pushes the detergent further into the paint (Possibly reacts with sweat) leaving hand prints where it has damaged the paint. Seen a very bad case on a black year old car where there were kids little hands all over it. In the sun it looked terrible. Good professional buff should cure it

Snowie

if you have any auto gleam wax try that its great for getting splated bug guts of the bonnet....

Seperate

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

if you have any auto gleam wax try that its great for getting splated bug guts of the bonnet....

I'd say it's moisturiser/make-up or something like that. If its been left in the sun at all it will have stained the laquer.. while you might get rid of the whiteness with a claybar or similar - i'd say it'd need a machine compounding to remove the dullness that'll be left behind.

smblott

OP: Did you every get this sorted? I have similar problem (which I put down to kids with sunblock or sweat on their hands) -- I've tried all sorts of stuff, but just can't get rid of it. I'd appreciate knowing what (if anything) works for you.

smblott

Well, I found a solution that worked for me: WD-40.

GERMAN ROCKS

id say its from sunscreen lotion or the likes. my aunts bonnet was destroyed from child handprints last year and we put it down to putting o sunscreen on the kids at the beech and they would lean up against the bonnet while putting it on. it got so bad that she had to get the car resprayed 2005 mazada 3. luckily the insurance covered it.

dingding

smblott wrote: »

Well, I found a solution that worked for me: WD-40.

Did you just rub it on with a cloth ?

I have hand prints on silver metallic paint.

DaveJac

always saw cars coming into work with hand prints espically people with young kids, the valeter says its the sweat or what ever oils on peoples hands that leave the stains, comes off with a clay and compound

Damokc

Compound will get it off.a bit of T-Cut and bobs your uncle.I had hand prints on my bonnet after what must have been the buy cleaning my alloys leaning on the bonnet wheel some kinda of oil on his gloves.took me ages to figure out where twas coming from.

I also compounded my sisters car last week to get a big patch of spilt sun screen off of it which had been there for months.she couldn't get the marks off by washing.

kildare.17hmr

common problem sometimes caused by break flued on a mechanics gloves, compounding usually works just be carul not to go through the lacqer!

antodeco

Id say after two years, those handprints might be gone

Seth Brundle

time to close this thread