Paint covered in dots (possible fungus?)

[Boardmember]

Update?

Hi all,

Curious to see if any of you have had a similar problem to this. Purchased my '17 Sierra (White) back in April.

The first time I washed it, I noticed a good many of these tiny brownish/orange dots that were very difficult to get off, I ended up using my fingernail to get most of them off.

The second time I washed it, I noticed more of the dots than before. Continued to use fingernail some or just say screw it and forget about them.

Washed it again for the Fourth of July and noticed that the front of the truck was COVERED in these dots, I ended up using the bug scraper sponge to get a good many of them off, but there were still some that I could not get off.

Less than a week later, and now the entire truck seems to be covered in these dots. The front hood, the roof, the chrome around the grill and the door handles, etc.

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At first I was thinking it could possibly be pollen from a lilly that grows near my driveway, but it seems far fetched that the lilly could spread that much pollen and that it would be that sticky and hard to remove.

After some searching I came across: http://extension.psu.edu/pests/plant-diseases/artillery-fungus/faqs

Artillery Fungus, a type of fungus that grows in mulched areas (Three mulched flower beds right beside the driveway) and can easily shoot into the air and become very difficult to remove from cars. Though the spots on mine appear more orange-ish than black, everything else seems to line up.

Has anyone else ever had an encounter with this? Hoping to find a solution that won't involve completely relandscaping the whole yard.

 

 

Update?

[PabloLeGato]

UPDATE:

Did a quick wash Saturday AM, and then sprayed with iron X.

The first attempt, I sprayed the top of the truck while it was still wet from the wash, waited 3-5 minutes, saw a little bit of purple but nothing like in the videos, rubbed it with the sponge and washed it off. Not much difference in the orange dots.

The second attempt, I sprayed one side of the truck with the iron x, it was wet from me rinsing off the hood, waited 3-5 minutes, and still saw some purple but again there wasn't very much purple and the majority of the dots remained afterwards.

The third attempt, I dried a section of the hood that is covered in the orange dots and sprayed the Iron X on it, waited, and again there was not much of a change.

So the truck remains littered with orange dots. Maybe it is bug crap. I guess I'll just eventually get it professionally detailed towards the end of the summer to get all of them off and hopefully won't get them back until next summer.

[Silver16]

They come off with your fingernails. Its just fly crap

[scott19677]

613Sierra is right. It is fly/bug shit. I've never seen it this bad in years. Probably due to a mild winter. I just called my guy that does pressure washing and gutter cleaning for me because my whole house is covered in this crap. I'm telling you this is a sign of the end of days. I think it's in the back of the Bible somewhere. Lol

[cbrsilv15]

I already said it wasn't rail dust. That was a waste of iron-x.

 

You need a clay bar to get that stuff off. Iron-x only combats the iron ore aka rail dust.