kcobean
Enthusiast
A little background...
About 4 months ago I washed my Charger SRT-8 Superbee, my daily driver. I had a free day, so I figured I'd go ahead and wash with Dawn, run the clay-bar over it and put a few fresh coats of Zaino on it. Well, I got as far as the wash and clay-bar and ran out of daylight. Life being what it is, I never got around to waxing the car and I drove it around for a few months this way.
I went to wash the car this weekend and it had these black splotches on all the horizontal surfaces that looked like where road grime, brake dust, etc. had pooled in the morning condensation and formed black spots. Problem is, they wouldn't come off with soap and water, detail spray, windex, etc. About a year ago, someone had recommended a Magic Eraser for tough spots and I had bought one back then but it just sat in its box in the garage. So I figured what the heck, let me give it a try, it's just a sponge really. It worked like a charm and took those black marks right off. Then I got the car out of the sunlight into my garage and to my horror I found that everywhere I had used that thing, I now have noticeable scratches in my clear coat. I'm taking the car to a friend this weekend where we'll go over the whole thing with 3M compound and an orbital buffer and I'm confident we can get this taken care of, I just wanted to warn people not to use the Magic Eraser on your paint. They don't feel abrasive, but the very definitely are.
About 4 months ago I washed my Charger SRT-8 Superbee, my daily driver. I had a free day, so I figured I'd go ahead and wash with Dawn, run the clay-bar over it and put a few fresh coats of Zaino on it. Well, I got as far as the wash and clay-bar and ran out of daylight. Life being what it is, I never got around to waxing the car and I drove it around for a few months this way.
I went to wash the car this weekend and it had these black splotches on all the horizontal surfaces that looked like where road grime, brake dust, etc. had pooled in the morning condensation and formed black spots. Problem is, they wouldn't come off with soap and water, detail spray, windex, etc. About a year ago, someone had recommended a Magic Eraser for tough spots and I had bought one back then but it just sat in its box in the garage. So I figured what the heck, let me give it a try, it's just a sponge really. It worked like a charm and took those black marks right off. Then I got the car out of the sunlight into my garage and to my horror I found that everywhere I had used that thing, I now have noticeable scratches in my clear coat. I'm taking the car to a friend this weekend where we'll go over the whole thing with 3M compound and an orbital buffer and I'm confident we can get this taken care of, I just wanted to warn people not to use the Magic Eraser on your paint. They don't feel abrasive, but the very definitely are.
