mud stained my paint

[thewhitestallion]

like the title said mud stained my paint on my truck this past week. it was opening day for dove season this past Friday and I went hunting the whole weekend. well it rained pretty good here the three days leading up to dove season about 6" of rain where I went, so the road I had to go down to get where I needed to be was just plain sloppy muddy. so I didn't wash my truck after each time it got muddy I just left the mud on there as I was just going to be getting it muddy again either that afternoon or morning whichever way you want to look at it. so I did not clean it until this past tuesday9/23. while cleaning it I realized that where there was mud on the paint it left a very mild stain on the paint. not a stain like a coffee stain, honestly it just looks like a lot of overspray from paint in a concentrated spot. on the bottom quarters where most of the mud was it is just really "hazy" looking. I have had mud on my previous trucks before for a longer amount of time and never came across this issue. when I washed it I power washed it, then hand washed it, then clay bared it and when the clay bar did not work I used some 3m buffing compound. the compound is not very aggressive but it works on getting out a lot of swirls. im at a loss, while the stains are not all that noticeable because you can only see them when the light hit's it just right or you stand at a certain angle, its just kind of depressing because I know that they are there and so every time I walk to my truck im looking at it trying to see the stains.

 

I do know how to buff a vehicle however I do not know how to properly wet sand and buff a vehicle and honestly im a little afraid to try it on my brand new truck. also I get very confused on which pad to use with which compound. I know each pad and compound is pretty much a person preference but if someone wants to point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much. anyone else come across this, will I have to get a pro to wet sand the whole truck? any ideas would be appreciated.

[Ventilator]

I wouldn't wet sand it. The paint is so thin and cheap on their trucks, it isn't even funny. My last 3 vehicles all had well over 225,000 miles and looked better than my new truck did at 10,000 miles. Seriously. Going to see what GM has to say about it next week.

[Kennedy81]

Clay bar it. That is what I had to do to my jeep whenever I want mudding and didn't wash it right away.
What you are seeing is just contaminants on the surface. It will come off with a little elbow grease.

[Spurshot]

Since you clayed it and buffed it, it sounds like the mud had a strong acidic or base ph and etched the clearcoat. That Meguire's NXT Generation was pretty tough stuff when I used it on my last truck.