I parked my car by a graveyard few weeks ago, and someone cut the grass w/out me knowing....when i get back to my car the passenger side was covered in grass...this stuff dried on the car by the time I washed it...I cleaned it off and everything thing but I noticed a huge problem a few days later when cleaning the car....The grass left stains behind!!! not green marks, but almost like watermarks, it' looks like watermarks outlined in the shape of all the grass that was on the car...it hard to tell, but can easily be seen from certain angles, especially in direct sunlight...anyone have any tips on how to get it off?

p.s. If i scrub hard enough (w/ a wet towel) it comes off, but sometimes I can't get the whole mark off...besided, it's real hard to scrub off w/ just a wet towel, and there's A LOT of it.....help

 

i would try waxing it with a powered orbital buffer.

 

Have you tried a claybar yet???

 

Need to get cleaning clay and the water spots will come right out. Make sure you do not get the very abbrassive clay (they come in different textures). Just use water or better yet, window spray and rub the clay over the water marks. The water marks should come off. After that, make sure you put a good wax on the paint.

 

i already have a few coats of blackfire on the car, is that gonna affect anything?.....

p.s. any other ways of getting this stuff off?

 

Get some Maguires "paint cleaner"... then wax...Wax is not going to remove it only make it shiney..The paint cleaner will get all wax and stuff off your paint so its clean..Trust me..But use a machine to apply and remove it..Good luck.

 

claybar it

 

PLEASE do NOT listen to most of the responses given! Wax?! Claybar with water or window spray?!!!!! Listen people, if you don't know what the hell you are talking about, don't give advice in the detailing forum. If you want to do stupid stuff to your car's paint that is your business, but don't recommend it to others.

Durobred, start with the very mildest possible solution and slowly get more aggressive until the problem is solved. Often a good wash is all that is needed to remove these types of spots/stains. If it's not, sometimes even a pure polish will do the trick. Next try a swirl remover, then step up to a cleaner. The cleaner will remove any polish or wax, so if you need to go this far you will need to reapply it once the the spots are gone.

Judging by the responses given, you may want to PM some of the detailing experts in this forum if you have any more questions rather than just posing questions to the forum.

FYI: Claybar is an abrasive used to lift embedded contaminants such as metallic rail dust or paint overspray out of the paint. While occasional use is fine, it should not be the first thing you try and viewed more as a last chance fix before more aggressive solutions. Always follow the instructions to the letter. Most notably use a generous amount of a quality lubricant (not water or window spray) and let the clay slide across the surface. Don't press hard or focus on one particular area too long as it is an abrasive. Always opt for the mild clay as well.

 

Listen to PowerZ. He's from Iowa we know how to get anything of a car!

Just kidding but I agree. Usually I try to remove stuff with the weakest thing I can find. If that doesn't take care of it I just start going up in strength. Very few things won't come off with a little muscle along with soap and water.

 

This is true but you would think that he would have already tried the simplest things. I mean, do you think he saw this on his car and ran right up to his computer and posted that without at least trying to wash it off first?

 

He said a wet towel will remove the spots but is very labor intensive. To me it sounded like he was looking for the best next step, which would be using a mild soap.
I'm getting really good at getting bug stains out of my bumper, how about you?

 

Yes I am. I tried to go the clear bra route but the installers around Des Moines suck so I took it off.

 

go to the auto paint shop- the supplier to the body shop kind of store
ask for 3M glaze or FinesseIt or PerfectIt- these are surface finisher compounds used to bring out the depth in paint. they have a very very fine abrasive in a suspension.
use a super soft cloth, put some of the compound on the cloth, then rub lightly in a random pattern- not circles, add a little pressure until you feel a little drag, try for about 15 seconds, then wipe with another cloth and look along the surface (not straight from the side) and you should be able to see where the shine is phenomenal, and where there are still marks from the residue. Keep working in small areas for short times until it is all polished, then wipe again with a clean soft towel- should look like mirror surface- will be better than the original paint surface.
You do NOT use wax afterward- the glaze leaves a surface coating. If you continue to use glaze, you only need to wipe the surface now and then with a dry soft cloth, and every 2 or 3 months repeat with the glaze.

 

Well, I am not an expert but have some comments here... few weeks back I had a drip of protein shake on the car which had dried on the bumper... Nothing, and I mean nothing got that removed. I had on the car already a coats of Zaino... water spots are also very difficult to remove once you have that Zaino, now I know you have blackfire but it might be similar?. in anyway, I went back to the dealership who applied a little of the teflon coating the did my car at the beginning, and it did the magic instantly.... don't know what in that material but it is all gone now... you might want to drop by the dealership and ask them for that TOC coating, hope that helps...

 

I'm sorry but "Teflon" coating is an absolute SHAM when it comes to car protection! You probably would have got the same result by simply washing with Z-7 and applying more Zaino.

 

How about using Klasse All-in-One? Since it is a cleaner/sealant it should be a very mild and simple way to remove these types of spots in addition to sealing with an acrylic coating. Then just reapply your top wax/polysealant.

Cheers