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Think I ran into some acid rain... my paint has permanent spots!!!
Title does a good job summarizing it, but to try and make a long story short... I just drove from Miami to Fort Myers last night in my Mustang for my 1.5week vacation. Well I hit a lot of nasty weather before I left, on the way here, and some REALLY nasty rain once we were already settled in the room. So I'm not sure when it happened, but my car got exposed to something that's left permanent etching in my paint.
I went out to the car today at about 4pm, and it has been bright/sunny/no clouds/right off the beach... so whatever was on the paint had some time to get baked in. Needless to say when I walked out I panicked. First thing I did was get mad that the thing was so filthy... then I got closer and realized just how bad it looked. So I took my finger to wipe one of the spots... they had a white milky look so I thought it was still wet or something (the whole car looked like a cow, black car with white spots)... and the spots didn't come off!
I quickly grabbed some QD and a microfiber out of the trunk and sprayed and wiped.... spots still there!! At this point I was fuming and wasn't sure whether to scream out some curse words or sit down and sulk, but I had to get the stuff off the paint... drove around the island, Fort Myers beach is fairly small - and found ONE self car wash. So I go to CVS (the only store around here with a one-shelf automotive section, and buy some Turtle Wax car wash and a beach bucket with a shovel to use at the car wash. I had an absober in my trunk and some clean microfibers to use to wash.
The car wash ended up costing $4 just to use plain water in 6 minutes time!!!! So that made me more mad, but the spots were no longer white... and the car was clean. Most of the spots came off (the roof, front, and sides of the car don't have the spots)... but the top of the trunk, spoiler, hood, fenders, and rear bumper are etched wherever the spots were. They aren't very obvious until the light hits them... then the car looks spotted again.
Any ideas? I really hope these are removable... they feel smooth to the touch so I don't think it's ate through the clear coat or anything... it just looks really really bad, especially with how well I take care of my car and whatnot - it makes me sad/mad just looking at it.
I don't know if it was acid rain or something I went through during a construction zone on the trip here... but whatever it is did a good job screwing up my paintjob. There's also some minor spotting on my rims from the stuff, but they're minor enough that I think a good polish should take care of them. It's also worth mentioning that the spot of the trunk that I buffed last week with my new cheapo-random orbital buffer only had one very small spot on it... I guess the clay/scratchX/polish/wax did a good job protecting the paint.
I think that's it! Sorry for the long post... I'm just here trying to enjoy the first day of my vacation and this is not how I wanted to start it!!
I went out to the car today at about 4pm, and it has been bright/sunny/no clouds/right off the beach... so whatever was on the paint had some time to get baked in. Needless to say when I walked out I panicked. First thing I did was get mad that the thing was so filthy... then I got closer and realized just how bad it looked. So I took my finger to wipe one of the spots... they had a white milky look so I thought it was still wet or something (the whole car looked like a cow, black car with white spots)... and the spots didn't come off!
I quickly grabbed some QD and a microfiber out of the trunk and sprayed and wiped.... spots still there!! At this point I was fuming and wasn't sure whether to scream out some curse words or sit down and sulk, but I had to get the stuff off the paint... drove around the island, Fort Myers beach is fairly small - and found ONE self car wash. So I go to CVS (the only store around here with a one-shelf automotive section, and buy some Turtle Wax car wash and a beach bucket with a shovel to use at the car wash. I had an absober in my trunk and some clean microfibers to use to wash.
The car wash ended up costing $4 just to use plain water in 6 minutes time!!!! So that made me more mad, but the spots were no longer white... and the car was clean. Most of the spots came off (the roof, front, and sides of the car don't have the spots)... but the top of the trunk, spoiler, hood, fenders, and rear bumper are etched wherever the spots were. They aren't very obvious until the light hits them... then the car looks spotted again.
Any ideas? I really hope these are removable... they feel smooth to the touch so I don't think it's ate through the clear coat or anything... it just looks really really bad, especially with how well I take care of my car and whatnot - it makes me sad/mad just looking at it.
I don't know if it was acid rain or something I went through during a construction zone on the trip here... but whatever it is did a good job screwing up my paintjob. There's also some minor spotting on my rims from the stuff, but they're minor enough that I think a good polish should take care of them. It's also worth mentioning that the spot of the trunk that I buffed last week with my new cheapo-random orbital buffer only had one very small spot on it... I guess the clay/scratchX/polish/wax did a good job protecting the paint.
I think that's it! Sorry for the long post... I'm just here trying to enjoy the first day of my vacation and this is not how I wanted to start it!!
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