A little help

Tc99m

Tc99m

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This is my new to me 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT. It has 28000 miles and was a 1 owner lease. Also it was owned in Miami Florida. It is silver which I wanted if I couldn`t find white. (Tired of dark colors) Paint is in great shape except for one problem.


Once I got it home and really could look at it under lights. I noticed it has white dots all over the car. Not sure if it`s paint or some other substance.

I washed and decon the paint with Gyeon water spot remover and Wowo`s fallout remover. Followed with claying.

I have tried multiple clay bars, from fine up to heavy. All in all I have clayed the hood 4 times. Marginal results.

Multiple test spots with HD Uno, McKees fast compund and Gyeon compound. Pads tried where LC Hybrid Heavy cutting pad. Not much change. Switched to a URO fiber pad. And maybe just slightly some change.

I hate to put to much stress on the clear coat. Sooo any suggestions?

Being white dots on the silver you really don`t noticed it. So of course my wife says to ignore it.

Future plan is two coats of Poorboys Ceramic coating.




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Are you able to remove these dots with a (gasp) fingernail? Almost look like paint chips. Can you feel them with your finger or nail?
 
Yes, they are raised and I can scrap them with a nail. Had to get a razor blade for the the glass. I am almost to the point of wet sanding.
 
Tc99m said:
Yes, they are raised and I can scrap them with a nail. Had to get a razor blade for the the glass. I am almost to the point of wet sanding.
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Do you have any Goof Off Professional (from Home Depot Paint Dept.) in the little metal can, in your cabinet?? If you do, take a sharp end Qtip, get a little fluid on the Qtip, have a nice clean towel next to it, and just touch the Qtip on the white dot, move it slightly and see if it removes it.. Then wipe that little spot carefully with the clean towel, so you leave no extra fluid on that spot..

It might be overspray paint.. Since we do not know if it is and if it is, what type of paint, this is what I have done successfully many times over the decades, and never had an issue.

Have also used this process to remove zillions of Artillery Fungus that loves to attack white painted vehicles, and it is for sure, labor intensive, but it works, and then you can finish your correction/polish process and your finish coating...

You need to be patient, and take an area and remove all of this, and move on to the next.. This is really Detailing... :)

Perhaps, take a little Mineral Spirits from that can you have in the cabinet and see if that works ? It might be faster if it works, and should not harm the clear coat... Test Qtip a spot someplace where the spot is not noticeable very much, no matter what process you choose to use..

I would never want to wet sand an entire vehicle for this, and I know how to really do it correctly with a block and wet or dry sand paper that is wet continuously..

You just don`t know how much clearcoat you have on there in microns.. (Well,perhaps you do if the entire vehicle was just painted) It is not worth it to find out you accidently compromised the clear coat and now your base coat is burning up from UV, etc.., and the clear coat is also looking very bad..

Good luck with this..
Dan F
 
Sorry Stokdgs I fat fingered the dislike button. Thank you for the suggestions. I`ll definitely stop by the Depot on the way home tomorrow from work. As far as wet sanding I have done it in the past. It is definitely my last resort.
 
Looks to be some type of overspray. If Goof Off doesn`t remove it, I`d let it alone. If you use too strong of a product you might damage the clearcoat.
 
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