rs/ss

Well as the title said it appears bee poop as etched/stained the clear coat on my brothers car. He's pretty confident it's bee poop as the area where he lives and parks has a bad bee problem.

Products tried: Clay,Zaino Z-5, SIP and Rejuvinator. (SIP and Rejuvinator
applied with P.C)
Results= slick surface with visable etching.

Any suggestions on product and/or technique would be great.

Thanks,
ken

GangsterGS

it might be worth a shot, but use a bounce sheet with some water and work in a small circle. it works for me. goodluck

PaPaHoFF

iTrader: (19)

if its etching like bird bombs then you most likely have to do a little wet sanding.

jfelbab

To remove etching you need to remove the surrounding paint. To do this you need a fairly aggressive compound or maybe even wetsanding. I'd give Ultimate Compound (OTC) via a PC a try first. Finish up with ScratchX or SIP.

If that fails then see a pro experienced in major paint correction.

rs/ss

What pad(s) would you suggest for that application?

jfelbab

If using a PC, I'd start with a polishing pad and see what UC does with the paint. If after a couple passes the marring remains I'd try moving up to a cutting pad. Almost certainly, the cutting pad and UC will leave some hazing which will need a followup with a milder polish and pad.

Work a test area of about a 18" square to see how effective the combo is before moving on.

Some paints are hard and others are softer. You therefore should start with the least aggressive product/pad combo first and only move to more aggressive pads and polishes if needed.

rs/ss

Thanks Jim,
I just refered to the L.C pad chart and my pad choice was wrong too. Its a new Honda. Would that be considered hard paint? Looks like i need to get some orange and yellow pads.

jfelbab

My experience with late model Hondas is that their clearcoat is pretty soft.

Little E

iTrader: (2)

Maybe you should try claying? Some hard sprinkler water etched the paint on my hood. I first tried buffing it off with polish followed by wax, and it didn't come off. Then I used Clay Magic on it.....worked like a charm.

rs/ss

Thanks for the suggestion but i did try it and it didn't work.

eyezack87

iTrader: (4)

Can you please take a picture for us of the damage in as clear a shot as you can manage? That would help many of us out more than just thinking about it and blurting out random suggestions lol

rs/ss

Yes i'm sure it would help but i don't have the car. I didn't think of posting my experiance untill the car had gone. Sorry I wasn't thinking.

eyezack87

iTrader: (4)

Oh no worries. Just post when it comes back haha

edwinbong

iTrader: (2)

For me personally, on my own cars, I would just deal with it rather than chasing after perfection. Although there have been many cars that I have worked on where the customer has wanted the paint to be perfect. The reason why I would just deal with it because chasing after perfection reduces the level of clearcoat. There might not be anything terrible about that, but I would rather have as much clearcoat as possible on a daily driven/attacked by elements car. If it was a showcar then that would be a different story.

Soloboy197

I have found a solution that works. Buff the area several times with Turtlewax clearcoat buffing compound. Then wax area with your normal wax. If that doesn't work, NuFinish Scratch Remover works well.