how to get this stain off my hood??

[arcticreaver]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

From the looks of your photograph it appears to be a paint prep defect below your clear.

why would something like this show up now? i've had the car since feb 1st of 2009 and i've just noticed it on wednesday.

[roger 668]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

From the looks of your photograph it appears to be a paint prep defect below your clear.

[Marc Hufnagel]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

I've seen that exact thing on a hood on a light color nissan we have. repeated claying and scratchx got it almost invisible to the naked eye.

[rbryce1]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

Had a stain similar to that on the hood of my Vette. Scratchx would not remove it with a foam applicator, but when I used a cotton towel to apply the scratchx and a Microfiber towel to remove it, it came right out.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

thanks for the info. i think i'll try and get there at around 3:30 or something, let the park lot clear out.

That will work best.

[arcticreaver]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

Classes start at 8:00am and end around 3:00pm

You would have to bring your car to Meguiar's garage in Irvine before 8:00am or after 3:00pm.

With 35+ people attending this class it keeps a person busy...

thanks for the info. i think i'll try and get there at around 3:30 or something, let the park lot clear out.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

what time is the class?

Classes start at 8:00am and end around 3:00pm

You would have to bring your car to Meguiar's garage in Irvine before 8:00am or after 3:00pm.

With 35+ people attending this class it keeps a person busy...

[arcticreaver]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

We have a class this Saturday, if you bring it by first thing in the morning before the class starts or after the class I would be happy to take a look at it and we'll have access to all of Meguiar's products to try to remove it.

what time is the class?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

We have a class this Saturday, if you bring it by first thing in the morning before the class starts or after the class I would be happy to take a look at it and we'll have access to all of Meguiar's products to try to remove it.

[arcticreaver]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

Thanks for the info Mike, but i don't know if i can wait that long, if you know what i mean.

this pisses me off so much. i couldn't get this **** off with clay bar and i bought some tar/sap remover and that didn't help either.

Bring it by our next Thursday Night "Open Garage" class and let us take a look at it...

Thursday Night "Open Classes" for 2009
2009 Thursday Night "Open Garage" Schedule

[Mike Phillips]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

Bring it by our next Thursday Night "Open Garage" class and let us take a look at it...

Thursday Night "Open Classes" for 2009
2009 Thursday Night "Open Garage" Schedule

[Mike Phillips]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

i can't feel the stain.

i think i just spent the last 10-15 mins using scratchx 2.0 on the same spot. not a whole 15 mins, rested 3 times about 2 mins apart. still not coming off.

The fact that you can't feel the stain and you've applied ScratchX 2.0 numerous times is in indicator the stain is throughout the layer of clear paint and not just on the top of the paint.

Clear coat paint is pretty dense and stains, (chemicals), don't easily penetrate into them but it can happen.

You could try Ultimate Compound, it's more aggressive but you have to be careful as you have a limited thickness of clear paint to work with.

Stains are either topical or they have penetrated into the paint, if they're topical then they can be removed fairly easily.

[arcticreaver]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

for some reason did someone drop a cigarette on your hood. because it looks like tar when u leave it there.

that is what i'm afraid of. but i do not know. scary thought.

[arcticreaver]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

i think i just spent the last 10-15 mins using scratchx 2.0 on the same spot. not a whole 15 mins, rested 3 times about 2 mins apart. still not coming off. i can't feel the stain. but i'm thinking that clay bar won't work since i can't even feel it on the surface.

has this ever happened to anyone else? i mean, it looks like bird poop but could it actually be something else?

[Steward]

Re: how to get this stain off my hood??

for some reason did someone drop a cigarette on your hood. because it looks like tar when u leave it there.