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I was wondering what this would be. I would take a picture of it but you can't really see it but you can feel it. It's like a rough feel to it and it's like a shape of a square. I plan on taking the car to the dealership and having them fix it.
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Have you tried claying it with detailing clay?
Historically, taking your car to a dealership to have the paint worked on in any capacity is usually an invitation to maybe having one problem resolved only to incur more problems. -
I concur with Mike P. Try claying the car. If it's any sort of contaminant that landed on the paint, it'll go away. If it's a bad paint job, though, that's another thing, although that's very rare with new vehicles.Comment
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I'm thinking rail dust or foundry fallout! Clay bar should do the trick. Dealers are not good at removing rail dust. There is a possibility that they will just try to buff it off with an aggressive compound and a rotary buffer. I would pass on that one.
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After 584 posts on this site, chevyman2001 wants to take his car to the dealer????
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STG the car that I had then was a 2001 Cavalier. The car that I have now is a 2006 Cobalt. There is a difference. I just got it on the 23 rd of May.
Last edited by JG_Detailing; May 28, 2006, 03:47 AM.Comment
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The fact that it's new makes rail dust the most likely culprit. My last 4 new cars had rail dust. I would rather the dealers not attempt to remove the rail dust if they don't know how to do it right.
It would be interesting to take a poll of new car detailing people to see how many of them knew about detailing clay. I would bet not many of them do. We're not talking about body shop personnel BTW. New car detailing is normally done by a different department.
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I know that people don't trust dealership's when it come's to repairing defect's in the paint. I wasn't sure enough in myself to fix the problem on the car. But the funny thing is my girlfriend asked me if I wanted her to get the detail clay from the auto part store. I said yes. I tried and it worked great. The rough feeling is gone. Thank you for your feed back on this topic.
Last edited by JG_Detailing; May 28, 2006, 05:42 AM.Comment
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Unfortunately, one would think that a new car / new paint should be free of dust, rail dust, etc. Unfortunately, never is.2017 Subaru WRX Premium - WR BlueComment
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Try the clay first.
It'll take a week from the east coast but I'll even send you a free piece of clay if you need it, just to keep the dealer away from it.
The dealers solution will be to wetsand the spot..or grab a wool pad and swirl it out.Comment
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does it look like this?
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This is why MOL members are afraid of taking their ride to the dealer!Originally posted by Five Star
Try the clay first.
It'll take a week from the east coast but I'll even send you a free piece of clay if you need it, just to keep the dealer away from it.
The dealers solution will be to wetsand the spot..or grab a wool pad and swirl it out.
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No it doesn't look like that. I got some clay and it did remove it.Originally posted by sneek
does it look like this?
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