Paint Experts?

[summerstorm]

Hi everyone. Tomorrow I'm detailing my mom's Staturn Vue. But there's a huge problem. On the Vue like most mini or regular suv's the trunk is straight up and down and not horizontal. So you'd think nothing falls on it, unless you through something at it.

Anyway, on that back trunk door. There is this material so fine i can hardly describe it. It seems like extremely, extremely fine tar spray covering the entire back door. You can't notice it til you feel it. My mom doesn't know were it came from, but she does know that it wasn't like that when she bought the car. I'm going to try tarminator, but I don't think it's going to work.


Any Ideas of what it could be, or how to get it off?

I don't know how something shoots up to get to that trunk door.

[DrdetailNashville]

Re: Paint Experts?

Try the tarminator and if that doesn't cut then try claying the car. I see this all the time on the rear of cars. My theory is that it happens in transport from the factory. If you notice on vehicle transport trailers some of the cars are facing backwards.

[BillE]

Re: Paint Experts?

"Dirt" on the back of a flat surfaced vehicle is a common thing. Notice the backs of semi-trucks...that is the dirtest area.

Caused by the air eddys that swirl around the back.

Clay will be your friend here.

Bill

[pakalolohonda]

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Clay will be your friend here

Bill

Now that I would definitely clay ...
I'd like to know what it is tho lol.

Umm Summer? Could you maybe take a couple of shots and post them up?
If you've had a recent re-surfacing on your freeways or common driving areas,
areas that are known routes (work, school, shopping, etc ..) it could just be a mist from the re-paving?

I only mention this because we've had some intense re-surfacing here in the last year and a half.
On my sedan, I noticed a fiiine .. like spray *mist* of some sort of chemical .. black and brown.
It was mostly on both doors and rear bumper.

I used a soapy sponge (luke warm water) and managed to rub 99.9% of it off lol!
Crazy time consuming.
Now I drive arrooounnnd those work areas .. specially now ..
yeah .. it's a bit of an inconvenience sometimes ... but it's less wear n tear on my body later on ..

Tomi

[summerstorm]

Re: Paint Experts?

Thanks a mil for your replys guys. My mom ended up saying that she did have it checked out once at the dealer and they said it was exremely fine, super tiny rust spots.

What the heck! Anyway, I will wash it, then clay it, and then see where we stand from there to decide my next step. Thanks again!

[BillE]

Re: Paint Experts?

Clay does a good job of removing those kind of rust spots.

Another method of removing rust is "IronX". Best to my knowledge, it is NOT available over the counter. But man does that stuff work!

Just an FYI...those little rust spots are referred to as 'rain dust'. Ya really can see them on on white vehicles.

Bill

[summerstorm]

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Thanks for the info Bill. I now got a name to put to those little bastards! I will search out that Ironx. Have a good one!

[umi000]

Re: Paint Experts?

As mentioned, get an iron contaminant remover, such as Iron-X or Wolf's Deironiser (Iron-X is available at Autogeek, while Wolf's is available at Detailer's Domain). Other options to consider would be ValuGard's ABC and Finish Kare's 3-step paint decontamination systems (though these are more work to use than the two products mentioned earlier).

[Murr1525]

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CarPro has the IronX and TarX in one product now...

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Paint Experts?

"Dirt" on the back of a flat surfaced vehicle is a common thing. Notice the backs of semi-trucks...that is the dirtest area.

Caused by the air eddys that swirl around the back.

Yep. After a day of driving the rear hatch on my PT Cruiser is the dirtiest part of the car. In my daily QD wipe down routine it's always the last part of the car I wipe down because it's got the most dust and other contaminants on it.

Clay will be your friend here.

Without a doubt - this would be our first step at removing this since it's exactly what the clay bar was designed to remove, and you can pick up clay kits at any auto parts store, Target, Walmart, etc.