Hey Mike has this cement melted my clear coat?

[wal]

Long story short,

I bought a 2015 mustang with 4k miles and it had perfect paint. I Brought it home and parked it in my spot and went away for 3 weeks (for work). While I was away my freind told me there is construction going on in front of my building, (and i park 20 feet away from this). My car every day would be covered in dust from the construction as they were making cement and gunite or what ever.

My buddy washed the car for me every other week, but by the time i came back and did a wash I found these tiny dots all over the car.

I have no idea where its from, idk if its from the construction or maybe if its tree sap or something?

It almost looks like its melted my clear coat. Some spots are rough if i put my finger over it i feel the spot,, and some spots are melted but the spots are still there.

Any advice is appreciated, i was thinking of clay baring but i dont know if that would work.

I also tried a little bit of white vinegar and hot water and it did nothing but melt the rough spot. The spots is still on the paint though.

http://i.share.pho.to/cda79233_l.jpeg (http://pho.to/AUSXA)
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http://i.share.pho.to/986e91a8_l.jpeg (http://pho.to/AUSXA)

This is water and vinegar mixed on the spots
http://i.share.pho.to/dd76b592_l.jpeg (http://pho.to/AUSXA)
http://i.share.pho.to/c45e9da3_l.jpeg (http://pho.to/AUSXA)

this is the spots that look like they melted my clear coat
http://i.share.pho.to/1ebf7d76_l.jpeg (http://pho.to/AUSXA)
http://i.share.pho.to/05a9fc51_l.jpeg (http://pho.to/AUSXA)
http://i.share.pho.to/3182959a_l.jpeg (http://pho.to/AUSXA)

These dots are over the entire car. I took pics from just one spot

I just hope i did not ruin my brand new car

thank you for any help

[FUNX650]

There are substances/chemicals which
are constituents of cement mixes that,
when exposed to moisture, will undergo
an exothermic reaction/process.

A by-product of exothermic reactions is
the release of heat---causing the temper-
ature of its immediate "surroundings" to
rise---often significantly.


•Therefore, it would seem that:
-If the temperature of this released heat
is high enough, then the "surroundings"
(in this case the CC paint) could be ad-
versely affected; perhaps even to the
point of where the CC paint can reach
its melting temperature.



Bob

[hmardown]

Wal
I'm not Mike but it sure looks like they messed it up. if they were grinding stone or cement that stuff is hot as it fly's off. looks to me like the particles melted into your car finish. I don't know for sure but maybe you can hold them accountable for the damage. I'm curious as to what Mike will say. looks like these people owe you a paint job. that's just my opinion, hope I'm wrong & you can correct it. are these people still working in the area ? were you parked in a legal parking spot ? if so I would seek out help & try to sue for damages. good luck. I know I'd be smoking hot right now looking for those bastards.
hmardown

[Mike Phillips]

Hi Wal,

I think bot Bob aka FUNX650 and hmardown have good points.


You can try to find the company that did the construction work and get them to own up to the damage but I wouldn't let them fix it. I would let them pay you to fix it or a professional detailer but don't let them handle it or this issue will go from bad to worse. My guess is they've dealt with this type of issue before, that is their work causing paint issues to cars parked in the area they work.


Chances are at this point, nothing good will come from trying to deal with the company so here's what I would do,

Wash and dry the car. Next, feel the paint with a sandwich baggie, this is called the Baggie Test.


The Baggie Test as seen on Competition Ready TV with AJ and Mike Phillips (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/competition-ready-velocity-channel/101668-baggie-test-seen-competition-ready-tv-aj-mike-phillips.html)



My guess is the paint on your car is going to feel rough and bumpy. If so, then you're going to need to use detailing clay or tools that work like clay to decontaminate the paint.

I would also chemically decontaminate the paint using either the Finish Kare Paint Decontamination System, which we no longer carry but you can get it from Finish Kare

Finish Kare Paint Decontamination System, auto paint cleaning system, de-contamination solution (http://www.autogeek.net/finish-kare-paint-cleaning-system.html)



Or simply use an iron remover plus a great wash job to get the paint clean. The idea being to get the paint a clean and decontaminated as possible.

Then machine polish and wax the paint and get it back to as nice of condition as possible.

Do you own any type of orbital polisher? If not I'd recommend stepping up to machine polishing. There's going to be a lot of sales taking place here at Autogeek in then next weeks, get yourself a Griot's Garage 6" DA Orbital Polisher, some foam pads and some compounds, polishes and a good wax and you can get the paint back to show car appearance by yourself.




Sorry to hear of the mishap, this type of thing is never any fun.


:)