What would YOU have done?

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ClayBartrug

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I ask this question now, partly for future reference, and partly just for my knowledge... Many months ago I owned a VW corrado, that I was in the process of trying to sell. One RAINY day I had to drive the car to the train station, and leave it there for the day. It was very rainy and windy that day, as I recall. When I returned, however, the sun was out, and it was quite warm. When I approached my car, I see this black plastic bag partly on my hood, and part on the passenger side front fender. I go to remove it, and feel some resistance. I proceed with caution, and finally get it off slowly, only to uncover an imprint of the plastic bag which had obviously been wet, stuck to the car, then baked on in the sun.



Initial attempts with a cleaner wax helped a bit, but would only be temporary, and upon close inspection, it could still be seen from certain angles. I had a shop detail it, still there!!!!



I ended up selling the car to a guy who did notice it, and I explained what happened. He sounded confident that he could get it out. So who was I to argue. :nixweiss



What would you experts have done in this situation? (sorry for the lengthy post)
 
Tough call, my guess would have been to cool it down then peel the plastic off using a hair dryer maybe? What it sounds like is that the dye from the plastic bag had seeped into the pores of the clear and that’s a scary thought. Wonder if that guy ever got it out?





Adam
 
I believe he did b/c the last time I spoke to him he said the car was just "detailed, big time" and that it came out awesome! :up



As for dye seeping, I really dont think it was that, I think this was like a water spot, intensified a few times over. That is what it looked like, a really BAD water spot, but in the shape of a wrinkled up plastic bag. Kinda like a clear camouflage pattern, if that makes any sense at all.
 
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