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Decontaminating Paint

  • 29-06-2013 11:39am
    #1
    SATNAV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭


    So our one year old Renault Megane needed a good wash did all this and the water marks remained after I dried it , so decided to polish with Autoglym and the body work still feels rough , reading on the web they are talking about clay to remove the particles that have settled on the paint work , now the car gets very little use only 5K in 12 months so is on the drive most of the time , I wash regularly so cant understand how this has happened so soon , any suggestions or recommendations would be very welcome.

    Thanks
    B


Comments

  • #2
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Even if the car sits on the driveway all year it will pick up bonded contaminants that regular washing won't remove. Guessing tree sap is probably your biggest issue.

    The car will still need claying to get rid of that roughness....and will continue to need it, although not as frequently as a car that does more mileage.


  • #3
    JAMES VTI S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭JAMES VTI S


    yep tree sap (oh how i hate cars with loads of tree sap)
    metal particle from train tracks are another one
    bird poo also

    If possible get the plastic from a cigarette box and use it to feel the paint for contamanation


  • #4
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    JAMES VTI S wrote: »
    If possible get the plastic from a cigarette box and use it to feel the paint for contamanation

    ...or just rub the palm of your hand across the paintwork


  • #5
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    ...or just rub the palm of your hand across the just washed paintwork

    Slight adjustment there! :p


  • #6
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Curran wrote: »
    Slight adjustment there! :p

    I would like to think at this stage that we can take these things for granted :pac:


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  • #7
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I would like to think at this stage that we can take these things for granted :pac:

    When there's still people out there using sponges and brushes.....Im afraid not! :o


  • #8
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Curran wrote: »
    When there's still people out there using sponges and brushes.....Im afraid not! :o

    True :(

    When will the world ever get itself right? Can we ban sponges and brushes???


  • #9
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    We cant ban sponges and brushes.....they have other purposes!

    We should be allowed bait the heads of people who use them on their cars! :D


  • #10
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Nothing like a sponge and Fairy liquid to wash a car with...


  • #11
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭Scortho


    166man wrote: »
    Nothing like a sponge and Fairy liquid to wash a car with...

    And 1 bucket!

    Thanks for all the old dirty cloths.
    The car stank this morning! :(


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  • #12
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Scortho wrote: »
    And 1 bucket!

    Thanks for all the old dirty cloths.
    The car stank this morning! :(

    They were cleanish! :o


  • #13
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    166man wrote: »
    They were cleanish! :o

    Get out.....this is a detailing forum....CLEANISH, doesnt cut it around here! :D


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