waelwell
08-23-2016, 06:19 PM
Here in the Northwest, spring brings pollen so thick, it turns cars green if they're stationary for a few days. If that coat of pollen gets wet it can eat into clear coat and more. My Prius has a black plastic wing on the back. I think it's plastic. The wing is circled in red in the picture below.
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When the pollen cleared this year, the surface of the wing was a mess. It was full of bumps and discolored spots. The image below is about a 2" x 2" section of the wing. The larger spots sure do look like water spots but I can assure you they aren't. You can easily feel each and every one of those marks in the picture. I've tried polishing the wing with the most aggressive stuff I have. Nothing seems to make a dent in them. Yes, there are a few long straight scratches there too. Those were from my last frustrated effort to make a dent in the finish.
51695
Anybody have any ideas or suggestions? I run into these black plastic wings on my customer cars once in a while and I'd like to know how to deal with them when I get a customer with a situation like mine.
Bill
51694
When the pollen cleared this year, the surface of the wing was a mess. It was full of bumps and discolored spots. The image below is about a 2" x 2" section of the wing. The larger spots sure do look like water spots but I can assure you they aren't. You can easily feel each and every one of those marks in the picture. I've tried polishing the wing with the most aggressive stuff I have. Nothing seems to make a dent in them. Yes, there are a few long straight scratches there too. Those were from my last frustrated effort to make a dent in the finish.
51695
Anybody have any ideas or suggestions? I run into these black plastic wings on my customer cars once in a while and I'd like to know how to deal with them when I get a customer with a situation like mine.
Bill