milky/chalky marks on paintwork

[alan snowling]

After a shower of rain my car has been left with chalky/milky white marks on the paintwork where the rain droplets have stood.

They will eventually come off with T cut but with a lot of work! I wondered if anyone has had a similar problem and if there is some miracle detergent available to remove these marks that requires less work?

[heightswitch]

Hi allan.
how good is your paintwork? when paint starts to get on a bit its surface starts to break down and allow the formation of milky marks as described. if your paint is thick enough then you can cut back and polish.

I am currently doing this on an old vixen.

You can buy some farecla G3 and use a rag to polish this onto the surface. Use a spray bottle of water and keep the surface wet as you rub the cream onto the surface. This is more abraisive than t cut but gives a better finish because you are cutting the paint as opposed to burnishing with t-cut as such you don't have to rub as hard. Do a full panel at a time and keep it wet. your hands will turn the colour of your car. When you have finished and cut evenly you can then let the residue dry out and then polish off with a clean cloth.

After you have done the whole car you can polish in the normal way with a good quality polish.

This will prevent your car turning milky after every shower and should make the paint finish a bit more durable for longer.

Neil.

[alan snowling]

Neil,

Thanks for that, I got rid of my marks with Farecla G10 as my paintwork is getting a little thin in places.

My son's '71 VW beetle is now suffering the same spotty problem so I will be trying the more abrasive grade on that. (there's loads of paint on those old things).

Thanks,

Alan