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YOUR RESEARCHStrange substance on spoiler lid
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Use combination of isopropyl alcohol and a heat gun
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I talked to a local detailer who suggested I use a combination of isopropyl alcohol and a heat gun to remove the moisture under the clearcoat.
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I figure if no one comes in and says "This happened to me, it was the blah blah that exploded in the motor" then I can worry more about removing the stuff than where it came from.
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I change my vote for some random foreign substance.
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I have only tried using soap and water to take it off but get the feeling stronger stuff won't do s***.
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I figure if no one comes in and says "This happened to me, it was the blah blah that exploded in the motor" then I can worry more about removing the stuff than where it came from.
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Hey guys - take a look at this picture and help a brother out.
I noticed this white-ish substance on the lid. It looks like something in the engine either splattered up (venting expansion tank?), or something else less sinister, perhaps.
It's not bird crap - it won't wash off, which is why I am concerned it is something chemical.
Anyone else ever see this on their car?
Thanks.
I assume WAG is "wild *** guess"?
That was mine too, but the coolant tank appears to be exactly the level it has been for the last 6 months.
EDIT - re-inspected the underside and there's no evidence of coolant splatter in the engine bay.
When is it not???
Let's deduce.
Of all the fluids that can go into a 996 engine, which one would leave a white residue upon drying. Oil? Nope. Brake fluid? Nope. Tranny Fluid? Nope. Windshield Washer fluid? Maybe, but not ergonomically correct. Battery fluid? Uh...no. Blinker Fluid? Wrong color.
That can only leave one answer. Dried Unicorn Semen.
Or coolant...
OK Gonz, I know it's not unicorn spooge because it didn't glow under my blacklight.
So, let's say it is coolant - how the heck would it be mostly on the topside of the spoiler lid, without evidence of a spill underneath?
Also, would coolant stain the paint? I assume yes...whatever it is, it seems to be permanently part of the deck lid now.
Whatever it is, it's pissing me off, because I can't get it to go away. It seems it has to be something from the engine, there's no evidence of the substance anywhere else on the car. Unless it's because the deck lid is plastic the substance stains it in a way it would on the rest of the car.
Guess it's a mystery, and I know how Rennlisters love their mysteries.
It's a standard (metal) deck lid, right? There are some issues with fiberglass/CF parts (like wings) being cured improperly resulting in resin seeping into the paint, but obviously that wouldn't apply to a metal trunk lid...
To much and to spread out to be bird poop. See pic - beside this one vertical part (that does resemble seagull poop) it's all down in the horizontals of the plastic.
That's why it's throwing me off. It looks like something wet covered the plastic of the spoiler and it stained. Weird.
I have only tried using soap and water to take it off but get the feeling stronger stuff won't do s***.
Sorry - my 996 is the only one I've looked at closely, and it's not stock (Aerokit II). If it IS something in the plastic reacting with the paint, the bummer is that it will be happening under the clear coat, so the only fix would be repainting.
In the Corvette world, there are many folks who have been screwed by getting brake fluid onto body panels; some amount seeps in and pretty much destroys any hope of the part ever being properly painted unless the part is removed, stripped, and completely encapsulated.
I hope yours turns out to be something much more benign.
Less is best. Try more mild things first. Like the detailer spray. Or even your favorite wax. Then work up to other mild solvents. Or mild diluted 50:50 solvents.
Will do Lexvan, thanks.
I love this forum because so many times someone posts up a question and people respond with clear answers because they're experienced the same exact issue.
I figure if no one comes in and says "This happened to me, it was the blah blah that exploded in the motor" then I can worry more about removing the stuff than where it came from.
It almost looks like hard water marks. Wonder if water might have seeped in when the cover was on and something from the car cover made it milky. The inside of the car cover is white, after all.
How long has the cover been off? It could be moisture that was trapped and got under the clear coat. If that is the case sitting in the sun could drive it out after a while. Or hair dryer? If you try external heat remember it is not how hot you get it but how long you keep it warm. 80 - 90 degrees max.
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243930
Problem solved! I talked to a local detailer who suggested I use a combination of isopropyl alcohol and a heat gun to remove the moisture under the clearcoat. I liberally wet a small section of the affected area at a time and carefully applied heat. Within minutes the clearcoat clouding disappeared.
My new car has a problem with what another forum is calling moisture under the clearcoat. The color is a metalic blue and you can see a milky, white shadow in areas of the car. You need to look hard & it doesn`t show too easy, like a faint stain.
http://www.autopia.org/forums/car-de...clearcoat.html
The car comes from Australia & from what I`ve read, transporting a vehicle in summer from one area to winter in another are over an extended period of time while covered in rapgard can cause this. The moisture gets trapped under the plastic and is forced into the paint.
The suggestions range from using a heat gun, or hair dryer, baking the car in a spraybooth to waiting for the heat and sun of summer to cook it out.
I`m posting this here as I read this forum regularly and trust the participants. The other forum is mostly gearheads & while very MV savy, are not exterior pros.
Does anyone here have any experience with this and what can I do to remedy it?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Ed
I mean, this sounds like it was on the body paint, whereas mine is just on the plastic of the spoiler. But thanks for the input, you never know with these cars sometimes, right?
I've had two things stain paint on my cars in the past. One is when some kids egged the passenger's door and I took too long to wash it off .... and the other time it was bird ****. Get it off quick. Then there was the time a guy shook up a can of coke and sprayed the interior of my open jeep, but that came off pretty easy after a sticky ride home. People are so nice.
Yea, some people just really suck. Remember this one in the news? Poor new owner of the Corvette got an early morning present. Apparently some twisted fool thought it would be a nice "how-dare-you-own-a-nice-sports-car" statement and poured liquid paint stripper all over this car. $30,000 worth of damage.
http://www.corvetteforum.com/article...andalized-car/
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