GreenV8Machine Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Has anybody had white blotches in their paintwork? Im just wondering how to fix them, as Im prepping the car for Royboys wedding and need the blotches out fast. Cutting compound polish hasnt helped, nor sun, nor heat and now im running out of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenV8Machine Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 boiling water over a shammy on the bodywork seems to be working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 This is why I think putting stickers on your paintwork is a bad idea.................Sounds like a similar effect to the blotches you can get after the car's been washed on a sunny day? They are almost impossible to remove. Interesting that the hot chamois seems to be working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenV8Machine Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Yup, I dont like putting them on my sexy paint either, I was gunna put them on the rear windows but my old man thought I should put them in the same place as everyone got told and I did like a tart. Draped a wet chamois over the panel, then put boiling water on. Gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Odd. I have to say I removed my stickers as soon as I could. They were on the car for about 4 days in total I suppose. I didn't want them on any longer. I washed the car and then took them off and all was fine, except for having to wash the car again to remove the black lines of much from around the edge of the stickers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I used to get white cloudy patches on my hardtop where water got trapped between it and the "waterproof and breatheable" cover. Washing and leathering dry eventually removed them.I found the Climate Care stickers from the 2009 10CR left the paint permanently lighter in shade on my doors, even though they were removed at the same time as the rest of the stickers. T Cut and polish did not correct it, and it's still like that now. All this is on home sprayed Cellulose plus Autoglym polish and wax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Maybe I should remove the 10CR stickers at some point... You can still see the patches from the '08 RBRR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcty Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I had the same on the bonnet of my vitesse 2 years ago. think it all came down to the heat. Was thankfull that this year they were on the side panels. No problems. Although I tried various suggestions at the time, I had to wait quite a time before the blotches eventually faded. Interesting re the chamois leather. Good luck with the wedding. Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cook1e Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I think it all depends on the type of paint the car is finished in, my GT6 is finished in two pack and the stickers come off with no problems and without leaving any marks but I do give the panels a damn good wax polish just before fitting them.Now that two pack is outlawed it would be good to hear from someone who has a car finished in the latest legally permissible water based paint system to find out whether or not this is safe for the stickers. I'd hate to hear of someone who had just had an expensive respray ruined due to the stickers reacting with the current legally available paint system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willows40 Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 but isn`t the water based paint covered in 2k lacquer so should be the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I have no experience with RBRR, etc. stickers but last time I went to LM the GB sticker I used had instructions to smear the bodywork with Vaseline, then wipe it off, leaving just a trace or film. The sticker stuck, but came off without any problems after the trip.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJP Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 OOPs - still got my stickers on! Last year my 10CR ones stayed on for 3 months, came off easily thanks to the 'Bancroft Method' ;D ;DDidn't leave any marks then, will be taking mine off shortly, just need to show off the car first at my local TSSC meet next week to see if I can drum up any more support 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 One of the reasons I use a maganetic backing. While some might think that cost too much I want to save the stickers as momentos for my team members. One must remove even those soon as they will lift and damage some paint if on too long. As Cook1e said it depends on paint. On my rallys here, some cars have very expensive paint jobs on cars form the 20's and 30's. We use Windex window cleaner, spray on just before applying the stickers. You can move them around at first to get them neat and after 3 days they come off easy and leave no marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebobby Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 How about see through decals that could be fitted to the windows, these would show to the outside world but you can still look out through them?You see them fitted to bus and cab windows :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedTaylor Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Couple of us with World Cup Landcrabs needed to remove old stickers (in place for over 5 years) to fit the new fluorescent ones that we had printed for WCR40 (some are still available if anyone is interested).Our techniques were to place the car in hot sun to warm up the sticker and adhesive before removal, or use a hair drier (not heat gun/paint stripper). The old plastic would often tear as we removed the stickers which required a little patience but in general they came off with little problem, apart from cleaning off old adhesive which we did with white spirit.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Just to clarify....the chamois and hot water cleared the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 1526 wrote:Our techniques were to place the car in hot sun to warm up the sticker and adhesive before removalTedAfter driving to South of France? :P :)Sounds like a plan - when are you going? :)Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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