Who is the detailer guy?

[Fats25]

Apologies in advance, but I know there is someone on here who gets a lot of pleasure from detailing cars and I've always been impressed with his threads, but cannot for life of me remember his username.

I have a problem - I drove through a puddle the other week when the truck was filthy. Left some big splashes up the underside of car and over the bodywork. Fast forward to today and my wife took the truck to be cleaned. That puddle and those splashes are full of cement



Fortunately the cleaning place realised and did not try and scrub, but I need to get it removed. Google suggests vinegar and water, but I'm sure the minds of PH and the member I refer to above have better knowledge than this.

Any thoughts most welcome. The less elbow grease needed the better!!

[Fats25]

This is going to be a nightmare isn't it?!

I'll give it a try myself when back on Saturday but I suspect this will end up being given to a body shop to sort out for me.

[Fats25]

I spent a fun morning yesterday concentrating on getting the concrete/cement off of the bodywork. I used the distilled vinegar solution, which as when someone puts vinegar on their fish and chips at same table as me makes me feel ill (a childhood dare to drink a pint of malt vinegar has led to this!) was not very pleasant.

However the good news is it did the trick on the paintwork. It was actually far worse than the original photo I posted:-





Lots of tedious use of vinegar solution and paper towells:-







Resulted in this:-





That is the good news. The bad news is that underside of the truck is in a terrible state.





I need to find somewhere professional that can put the truck on ramps and give a full clean. If anyone has any contacts that could do this, it would be much appreciated, I am thinking anyone working in construction, may come across this situation with their cars/trucks.

I do have a friend of friend owns a concrete factory here, and am asking for any details they may have, but have yet to hear back.

[Fats25]

IanUAE said:

Try the ENOC station next to MoE

They were the place my wife took to in the first place. As soon as they noticed it was concrete they never even attempted to remove, they were not comfortable touching it.

[Fats25]

steano said:

surely the same theory with the vinegar would work ?

Put into a big spray bottle (from the garden centre) spray all underneath in vast amounts , leave a few minutes drive to the local jetwash ramp have them put it in the air and jet wash off ?

Youd have to do this in the evening when it was cool so it didnt dry back onto the underside, so if the jetwash was quiet you could ask to ramp it , spray on the vinegar solution wait 15 mins the ask underside to be jetwashed ?

I like the idea - but can you imagine explaining that?! I struggle to get the correct order at a restaurant in Dubai!

It may well be my reserve option.