Red Spots On Paint From Winter Deicing

[jflani]

anyone else getting spots from the liquid deicer the states are using now? the only way i can get it off is by using my fingernail. any other ideas of how to remove it would be appreciated. someone told me they mix beet juice in it to prevent freezing and that is why they are red. i have a white nbs gmc sierra crew cab. it looks nice on there, not. thx for any ideas...

[lbkthree]

Clay Bar. The only thing I couldn't get off with a clay bar was concrete, which actually came off soaking it with vinegar for about 30 minutes. Every vehicle has those spots but they are just more obvious on white vehicles.

[Sir Dan]

anyone else getting spots from the liquid deicer the states are using now? the only way i can get it off is by using my fingernail. any other ideas of how to remove it would be appreciated. someone told me they mix beet juice in it to prevent freezing and that is why they are red. i have a white nbs gmc sierra crew cab. it looks nice on there, not. thx for any ideas...

 

I have the same little spots, but I don't think its the "beet juice" or salt because I was getting it on my white truck all summer. Rusty colored Mystery spots may be some indication of a problem underneath...

[crepitus]

isnt that called orange peel? I got spots all over my truck. Claybar takes them off quite easily.

[Ron J Morgan]

Orange peel is in the paint from spray.

[BuckFeverZ]

I had some of those spots on my truck as well last winter. I don't know if its from the salt or what, but I didn't have any of those spots during the summer

[Raymond Lowe]

The spots are from steel particles embedded in the paint reacting to salt/deicer. The most common source is "rail dust" billowing up from train wheels as the new vehicles are being transported while the paint is still soft from the factory.

 

A clay bar and some elbow grease will take them off. Zaino makes some excellent products for this;

 

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/mercha...roduct_Count=18

 

The good news is that the problem usually goes away over time. Usually after a couple of winters.

[VMax2007]

The spots are from steel particles embedded in the paint reacting to salt/deicer. The most common source is "rail dust" billowing up from train wheels as the new vehicles are being transported while the paint is still soft from the factory.

 

A clay bar and some elbow grease will take them off. Zaino makes some excellent products for this;

 

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/mercha...roduct_Count=18

 

The good news is that the problem usually goes away over time. Usually after a couple of winters.

 

+1

 

Metallic debris from snowplows can also cause this.

[shocktrp]

isnt that called orange peel? I got spots all over my truck. Claybar takes them off quite easily.

 

Orange peel is the texture of the paint. When you look at it fro certain angles it will have a rough appearance like an orange rind.