prpl
06-29-2014, 09:10 AM
I've been lurking a while; finally have a reason to start a thread.
Two weeks ago someone mixed concrete beside my car and covered it in dust. That afternoon it rained and dried so I had no chance to deal with it before the damage was done. The car had a coat of WG DGPS on it at the time. I washed the car and it was covered in water spots that would not come off. I assumed the concrete had etched the clear coat.
I chose 2 test spots. Clay did nothing to help. Optimum Finish Polish on a white pad didn't work either. I ended up using FG400 on a yellow pad and after 2 passes the damage was 98% gone.
Finally this weekend (which is 2 weeks and several thunderstorms later) I cleared time to do a full correction on the damaged surfaces. I started by washing the car.
All of the concrete spots are gone except on the test spots where it looks like I never touched it at all.
I have no honest idea what has happened to my paint. I'm assuming I can just tackle the remaining spots with the DA, but are the other spots gone? If I polish it will they return like in the test sections? Irrational, I know, but I can't believe the only spots left are where I polished them out.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
thanks,
P.
Two weeks ago someone mixed concrete beside my car and covered it in dust. That afternoon it rained and dried so I had no chance to deal with it before the damage was done. The car had a coat of WG DGPS on it at the time. I washed the car and it was covered in water spots that would not come off. I assumed the concrete had etched the clear coat.
I chose 2 test spots. Clay did nothing to help. Optimum Finish Polish on a white pad didn't work either. I ended up using FG400 on a yellow pad and after 2 passes the damage was 98% gone.
Finally this weekend (which is 2 weeks and several thunderstorms later) I cleared time to do a full correction on the damaged surfaces. I started by washing the car.
All of the concrete spots are gone except on the test spots where it looks like I never touched it at all.
I have no honest idea what has happened to my paint. I'm assuming I can just tackle the remaining spots with the DA, but are the other spots gone? If I polish it will they return like in the test sections? Irrational, I know, but I can't believe the only spots left are where I polished them out.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
thanks,
P.