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[abutterman]

@DetailersDomain so we were doing work at my house and the idiots splashed cement all over the bottom of my mom's toyota rav4. it looks like she was driving off road through mud. at this point it's all hardened on as she originally thought it was just mud. Is there any safe way to remove a good amount of cement from the paint?

[DetailersDomain]

Originally Posted by abutterman

@DetailersDomain so we were doing work at my house and the idiots splashed cement all over the bottom of my mom's toyota rav4. it looks like she was driving off road through mud. at this point it's all hardened on as she originally thought it was just mud. Is there any safe way to remove a good amount of cement from the paint?

what have you used?

[abutterman]

Originally Posted by DetailersDomain

what have you used?

Didnt try anything yet but ive been reading about vinegar?

[Chewie4299]

I'm not an experienced detailer and don't have a lot of equipment....

I have my car opticoated and the entire front end covered in Xpel.

Today I was driving a few hours away from home when one of the cars in front of me decided it would let all of its oil out of its engine at 50 MPH. Sucks for him but w/e.... my car got plastered with oil. I had to run my washer fluid forEVER just to be able to see and pulled off at the nearest gas station to wash the windshield.

I was too far from home to do anything about it right away. On the way home I got hit with very heavy rain for 20 minutes or so which did a good job of washing the excess oil off but of course there was plenty left. I took the car through a touchless wash once back home but did not have the time to really wash it myself.

There's definitely still oil all over the front of the car. What's the best way to clean it? I'm kinda thinking a handwash with some Dawn might do the trick. It works on baby penguins.....


Sperate question: I really want to clean out my engine bay before it gets grimy. Would spraying it down with a Dawn and water mixture and then letting it sit for a bit before power washing be safe?

[DetailersDomain]

Originally Posted by abutterman

Didnt try anything yet but ive been reading about vinegar?

you can give vinegar a try.

[DetailersDomain]

Originally Posted by Chewie4299

I'm not an experienced detailer and don't have a lot of equipment....

I have my car opticoated and the entire front end covered in Xpel.

Today I was driving a few hours away from home when one of the cars in front of me decided it would let all of its oil out of its engine at 50 MPH. Sucks for him but w/e.... my car got plastered with oil. I had to run my washer fluid forEVER just to be able to see and pulled off at the nearest gas station to wash the windshield.

I was too far from home to do anything about it right away. On the way home I got hit with very heavy rain for 20 minutes or so which did a good job of washing the excess oil off but of course there was plenty left. I took the car through a touchless wash once back home but did not have the time to really wash it myself.

There's definitely still oil all over the front of the car. What's the best way to clean it? I'm kinda thinking a handwash with some Dawn might do the trick. It works on baby penguins.....


Sperate question: I really want to clean out my engine bay before it gets grimy. Would spraying it down with a Dawn and water mixture and then letting it sit for a bit before power washing be safe?

you can try the dawn but maybe wash the car down and see what you have left. you can use the Auto Finesse Citrus and Auto Finesse Oblitarate to clean it all up.

As for the motor pick up this kit.
https://detailersdomain.com/Uber-Eng...Kit_p_601.html

[jcat5150]

First off I wash my car weekly on Friday. This week I washed it Wednesday the 3rd of July. I found this red mark on my car along with about 100 dead dragonflys since they are swarming in NorCal at the moment.

I have tried Tarminator, hand scrubbing the spot, microfiber buffing, and a polishing with my Porter. It wont do anything to these red guts (if that's even what it is).

My car is Opticoated and this stuff seems to be bonded past the clear coat. It is aggravating me so much that I may just take the Porter to it until the paint or the red smudge comes of (or both).

Any advice is appreciated:

[DetailersDomain]

Originally Posted by jcat5150

First off I wash my car weekly on Friday. This week I washed it Wednesday the 3rd of July. I found this red mark on my car along with about 100 dead dragonflys since they are swarming in NorCal at the moment.

I have tried Tarminator, hand scrubbing the spot, microfiber buffing, and a polishing with my Porter. It wont do anything to these red guts (if that's even what it is).

My car is Opticoated and this stuff seems to be bonded past the clear coat. It is aggravating me so much that I may just take the Porter to it until the paint or the red smudge comes of (or both).

Any advice is appreciated:

that is strange did you put a machine to it at all yet?

if not I would use the pc and some compound to try to remove it.

Phil

[jcat5150]

I took the PC to it with some compound / Meguiars cutting pad and it took an hour of buffing to get it to this state, but by the end I had removed some of the clear coat (a small spot where the edge of the pad had been hitting), and the red is still there ...... The picture is prior to reapplying wax etc. I was buffing then let it rest to avoid heat build up, but it was still getting hot in this spot - how do you avoid heat issues working on a spot like this?

I have never seen anything like this before:

[Gost]

@DetailersDomain: Do you have any suggestions on products from your website that would be best to clean the FR-S cloth interior? (Seats, carpeting, etc).

[DetailersDomain]

Originally Posted by jcat5150

I took the PC to it with some compound / Meguiars cutting pad and it took an hour of buffing to get it to this state, but by the end I had removed some of the clear coat (a small spot where the edge of the pad had been hitting), and the red is still there ...... The picture is prior to reapplying wax etc. I was buffing then let it rest to avoid heat build up, but it was still getting hot in this spot - how do you avoid heat issues working on a spot like this?

I have never seen anything like this before:

I would have done it the same way you are doing it. Make sure you don't get too hot or you can burn the paint.

[FnFast]

@Detailerdomain I have your butterywax and americana paste. I love it, but what do I need that may be more aggressive to get those stubborn stains.

[DetailersDomain]

Originally Posted by FnFast

@Detailerdomain I have your butterywax and americana paste. I love it, but what do I need that may be more aggressive to get those stubborn stains.

what type of stains do you have? you may need a polish, do you plan on doing this by hand?

[FnFast]

just stubborn rain marks that a wash doesn't get. Yes, I will be doing all of this by hand.

Thanx