Something ate my paint! ARGH!
09-27-2002, 06:58 PM
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Something ate my paint! ARGH!
Okay so I'm driving down the road out in the middle of nowhere basically. Nothing by me, country road, no traffic. All of a sudden SPLAT there is some red stuff on my windshield which I figure is the remains of some type of bug. Well I turn on the wipers and squirt washer fluid on the window and get that off. When I got home, I didn't notice any on the top of my car (it splattered close to the top of the windshield), but I missed a small spot on the hood. I washed the car the next day and found that little spot there. Whatever this was had eaten through the wax that I had on there and started chewing away at the paint. I was ****ed. It's not too big of a spot but it's rough there and if you look close you can see where it started eating away at the paint a bit, a few cracks here and there.
Anyway...is there something that I can do to help get rid of it without repainting the whole hood heh. Probably not but I thought I would ask. Already put some cleaner wax/polish on it to get rid of any residue.
Anyway...is there something that I can do to help get rid of it without repainting the whole hood heh. Probably not but I thought I would ask. Already put some cleaner wax/polish on it to get rid of any residue.
09-27-2002, 11:25 PM
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Re: Something ate my paint! ARGH!
Originally posted by OdiN1701
Okay so I'm driving down the road out in the middle of nowhere basically. Nothing by me, country road, no traffic. All of a sudden SPLAT there is some red stuff on my windshield which I figure is the remains of some type of bug. Well I turn on the wipers and squirt washer fluid on the window and get that off. When I got home, I didn't notice any on the top of my car (it splattered close to the top of the windshield), but I missed a small spot on the hood. I washed the car the next day and found that little spot there. Whatever this was had eaten through the wax that I had on there and started chewing away at the paint. I was ****ed. It's not too big of a spot but it's rough there and if you look close you can see where it started eating away at the paint a bit, a few cracks here and there.
Anyway...is there something that I can do to help get rid of it without repainting the whole hood heh. Probably not but I thought I would ask. Already put some cleaner wax/polish on it to get rid of any residue.
Okay so I'm driving down the road out in the middle of nowhere basically. Nothing by me, country road, no traffic. All of a sudden SPLAT there is some red stuff on my windshield which I figure is the remains of some type of bug. Well I turn on the wipers and squirt washer fluid on the window and get that off. When I got home, I didn't notice any on the top of my car (it splattered close to the top of the windshield), but I missed a small spot on the hood. I washed the car the next day and found that little spot there. Whatever this was had eaten through the wax that I had on there and started chewing away at the paint. I was ****ed. It's not too big of a spot but it's rough there and if you look close you can see where it started eating away at the paint a bit, a few cracks here and there.
Anyway...is there something that I can do to help get rid of it without repainting the whole hood heh. Probably not but I thought I would ask. Already put some cleaner wax/polish on it to get rid of any residue.
09-27-2002, 11:39 PM
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Originally posted by Jepht20
could that weird stuff have been bird poop? i've heard it can eat away at paint bigtime. goodluck with that.
could that weird stuff have been bird poop? i've heard it can eat away at paint bigtime. goodluck with that.
all i know is brake fluid eats paint real quick...
09-27-2002, 11:52 PM
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Originally posted by iansw
This time of year all the bird poop in Seattle is either Red or Purple
<Raspberry and Blackberry season>
IanS
This time of year all the bird poop in Seattle is either Red or Purple
<Raspberry and Blackberry season>
IanS
09-27-2002, 11:55 PM
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Originally posted by nadir_s
wow haha didn't know that. here in cali, it's always white/brown. nasty stuff
wow haha didn't know that. here in cali, it's always white/brown. nasty stuff
But every other bird (sparrows, robins, crows, seems to be purple/red.)
Little known fact: Seattle has more crows than any other city in the world, and actually has more crows than people.
IanS
09-28-2002, 10:42 AM
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Originally posted by iansw
Yeah, we get that from the Seagulls.
But every other bird (sparrows, robins, crows, seems to be purple/red.)
Little known fact: Seattle has more crows than any other city in the world, and actually has more crows than people.
IanS
Yeah, we get that from the Seagulls.
But every other bird (sparrows, robins, crows, seems to be purple/red.)
Little known fact: Seattle has more crows than any other city in the world, and actually has more crows than people.
IanS
See which city has the most!
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