Silly question #1: Are you drying the car or just allowing it to air dry?
So this has happened the last three times I've washed the S2K.
Wet car, wash with light car wash/soap mixture, rinse.
Result:
Tons of huge water spots embedded into the clearcoat on the hood and part of one fender. (looks like water spots but its permenant)
No its not the water and no its not the soap.
You can tell the car has been repainted on the section that it happened to, but Jesus it should be able to not screw up from having water on it.
Any ideas?
Black 2002 Honda S2000
Black 1992 Euro spec BMW 735iL
Black 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR
Silly question #1: Are you drying the car or just allowing it to air dry?
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Dave"Opinions are like ..."
Nope, dried it with a microfiber. Everywhere else except the upper passenger side corner of the hood and fender came out mirror-shiny.
Black 2002 Honda S2000
Black 1992 Euro spec BMW 735iL
Black 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR
Are you washing it while it's hot? (The car/paint that is)
Sounds like something from the washing process is sticking to the car in the area that has been re-painted. I would probably try to clay bar it and through a new coat of wax on it.
Sounds like the body shop skimped on the clear coat when they repainted the thing.
Could be a surface contaminate (old wax, buffing compound, etc)... I'd next try to gently rub the area with a clay bar and see if it removes it (you'll need to re-wax the area you clay bar)... try it in a small, hidden area if you can.
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Dave"Opinions are like ..."
+1 on the clay bar idea just make sure the metal is cool
'06 RSX Type-S NBP
Yea the repaint was definately skimped on.
I'll try the claybar or some rubbing compound but I'm not sure that'll get it...
Luckily so many S2K owners get CF hoods that OEM ones go cheaper than a repaint.
Black 2002 Honda S2000
Black 1992 Euro spec BMW 735iL
Black 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR
Hard water can also cause etching of the clear coat.
Hmm what is decent? Are we talking about your decent or my decent? I'm just curious because I don't want to offend anyone else's decent...
Are you sure it's been repainted? I bought a car that had been parked next to a sprinkler and the rear quarter had spots in it, but it was also on the glass. My neighbor (a body guy) had me use lime away on it. It worked.
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93' LE #1136 - FM II
250k miles
Yea, its been repainted though, its got the slight orange-peely look if you look really close while the sides and back are mirror finishes when they're polished. Might've just been from hail damage since its only on the top part of one fender too.
Thanks for the suggestions guys, its pretty retarded looking so I'm gonna get to work on trying /everything/ until I find something that works.
Black 2002 Honda S2000
Black 1992 Euro spec BMW 735iL
Black 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR
Fix'd! Alot of polishing compound got it out.
Buffer > all
Black 2002 Honda S2000
Black 1992 Euro spec BMW 735iL
Black 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR