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Originally Posted by tzhu07
After washing it today, I noticed there's leftover small yellow spots on the surface of my car. It seems stuck there pretty good.
Are these bird droppings, bugs, pollen, etc? I even tried liquid dish soap and it didn't come out.
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What kind of trees have you been parking under?
I live in Northwestern WA state and I've learned not to park near the small Maples that everyone likes to plant in parking lots. I once left my motorbike in a spot slightly overhung by a maple for maybe two hours, and it took me at least that long to clean all the little sap drips off. These sap drops are evil and can even blow on a breeze. They're real small, maybe 1/32" in diameter. Luckily, my bike was a copper '03 SV1000S and I cleaned it that same day, but I have a feeling that if left they'd be capable of staining a clear coat. I take extra care to park away from the parking lot maples now.
A coworker tells me he has the same problem with the pines that overhang the driveway where he rents. He made a conscious decision NOT to buy an AP2 S2000 until he moved because the pine sap has RUINED the clear coat on his little red '90's Civic hatch.
As was already mentioned, don't use dish soap.
I'd probably do a paste-wax every weekend until those stains go away, but that's just me personally, I have an unreasonable fear of taking power-tools to my car.