EMERGENCY PAINT PROBLEM!

[SnakeEyeSS]

I was at school and parked next the the grass, some morons, for some last-day-of-school-fun,ran their 4x4 through a mud hole full speed, and covered  3 cars in mud, mudded about 8 more, including my truck! The mud baked on ALL day (6-7 hours) on my highly'waxed/buffed paint, and was litterally baked on, I washed it AS SOON as I got home, but there are dull spots on the paint where the mud was. I put some Zymbol Cleaner-Wax(with a lil turtle wax mixed in, don't ask now), and it didn't do much, which scares me, as Zymol is the BEST Cleaner-Wax(combined high quality wax, along with polishing compounds, basiclally their wax and polish mixed together in a liquid form).  

 

Your off-roaders with really dark paint, can you help me? mines a 2WD, and I don't off-road, I'm not used to this!

[SnakeEyeSS]

I think I've got a battle plan for myself:

 

1.)Pick a cloudy day, preferrably after it rained, so there won't be as much dust in the air.

 

2.)Run to a do-it-yourself highpressure wash, to remove everything heavy from my paint.

 

3.)Drive home quickly.

 

4.)When I get home, run a sponge with cold ater over the entire trcuk to rid and light stuff that may have snuck onto the paint on the way back from the pressure wash.

 

5.)Pull it into the garage(shut the door), with the sponge still handy, and California Water Blade-it completey dry, using the sponge to go over any water spots.

 

6.)Use Mother's  clay bar system over the paint, hopefully this will remove the mud blemishes.

 

7.)Wax with Meguiar's Gold Class(never used it before, gonna try it out).

 

If this dosn't work, I'm guessing the only option I have will be new paint :but:  

[SilveradoWV]

Some guys I know use windex after the truck has been washed then re-wax! Not too much else I can think of right off hand. Sounds like it has damaged your paint, the only thing that may make you feel better is to find out who done it and do some damage to thiers!

[SnakeEyeSS]

I can't believe that MUD can damage your paint so much!

[SilveradoWV]

I know! It would be different if it had been on there for days!

[Nick99Chevy]

I would wash it with Dawn, clay it, then use the Gold Class. Mud shouldn't have damaged it that bad.

[LarryE]

zaino will fix that right up  it's higher quality than zymol ever wanted to be

[SnakeEyeSS]

Well, Zaino is a polish, and there is a difference. I've e-mailed Zaino asking if their polish offers the peotection of a wax, along with their advice for the problem. I told them I've heard that they are the complete paint care experts, and basically I need their advice.

[LarryE]

an avalanche backed into my tailgate and euro tail lights and zaino was the only thing that would bring the big gray streak of plastic off of both

[RyanbabZ71]

same here my dad hit my truck with my moms blazer.  Had a night white smudge (bunch of small scratches) below the tail light and on the taillight.  The zaino clearcoat stuff (Z2 i think) took it right off.  Only took 1 coat and some hard scrubbing.  Cant even tell where he hit it (i did have to get the dent fixed though )

[bassdog]

You may also want to consider buffing those areas out. If you don't know how, take it to a body shop and expain what happened, they should be able to buff it out for you.

[SnakeEyeSS]

Sal Zaino, in the response he sent me, said to use 3M Siwrl Mark Remover. I just realized I have a little Ultra Finishing Compund, whihc is stronger, so I'm gonna try it on a spot on my hood real quick.

 

Oh, and basdog, I have an orbital buffer(which I use to apply/ buff wax), but you buff "harder" by hand anyway, so I don't see it helping any.

[DuckhunterInTN]

I'm sure that the mud didn't do any permanent damage.  I have mud sit all the time on my dark colored truck and it doesn't hurt anything.  You just may have to use a little elbow grease...

[SnakeEyeSS]

I used a STONGER compound than what sal Suggested, and it did a little on one spot, but did notthing on another, excpet remove the swirls from me trying it get it off.

 

WHAT THE HECK WAS IN THAT MUD????

 

BTW, people have parked their trucks all around it for many, mnay weeks, it was probably very polluted.

[bassdog]

Oh, and basdog, I have an orbital buffer(which I use to apply/ buff wax), but you buff "harder" by hand anyway, so I don't see it helping any.

 

Sorry 90, I was speaking of high speed buffing, not orbital.