Environmental Contaminants

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Hi all, for many years I've been using a car, each time I get a isolated tree sap attack, the sap will be baked under the sun and raised the clearcoat. However, this time I found out that my car's paint has tiny raised spots all over the surfaces, especially horizontal surfaces. This problem causes the object reflection to be distorted. I have no idea how and where I got it, but I have a few questions in mind now:



1. Will cooking oil droplets cause clearcoat to be etched/raised?



2. Will using rotary buffer, foam cutting pad and #83 DACP flatten the paintwork again? (Those raised spots can't be felt by hand)



Thanks...
 
White95Max, it's original factory paintwork, the car is 1 year old. I inspect the paintwork daily, and found out this problem last Thursday after back from work.
 
Oh ok...there's no reason for it to be clearcoat failure then. maybe it's acid rain etching? There would be more spots on horizontal surfaces since the rainwater droplets stay in the same spot, gradually getting more acidic (as the sunlight decreases the size of the drop, and increases the concentration of carbonic acid).
 
Acid rain etching was my first guess, but I thought it would only causes pinholes instead of raised spots? :nixweiss Please advice.
 
wannafbody, claying doesn't work. I've even tried using random orbital to apply 3 layers of #83 DACP, and it just helped abit.
 
Vinager would be good to go over each spot and that will help rid yourself of any mineral deposits. Many times people park under trees and aphids fall on the car and die because of the hot surface, 90% of people thinks it is sap. I'm not saying it's not sap but it is possible that it is aphids, is the "sap" thick like melted rubber or is it very thin? I can say most of the time you get a blanketed spotting like that under a tree it's not sap. If you look under the tree when nothing is parked there you wont see sap everywhere right? If the tree drops that much on your car in a little while the whole area would be full of sap. But aphid type bugs only die when the hit the hot surface of paint, so there isn't a mucky surface all around the tree, like if it was sap falling. Furthermore, aphids have natural grease (fat) and minerals in their body, so it does mimmick sap. I have seen this many times and the dead aphids do not even resemble a living thing. They get cooked and they are so small there body's dissolve into a thin sappy mess. If it's thin, vinager will help immensily against further damage, because minerals from the aphids have to be removed or they will continue to work themseleves into your paint.

If it's truly sap, I would try Goo Gone or simple green if you can't get that. In fact, I would try both Vinager and one of the grease removers I stated above, at least get rid of the contaminant and then polish if needed. Take Pics if you want an opinion if rotary will help, but rotary will help most damage assuming there is enough thickness to the paint left. GL
 
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