volcanic fallout on cars!

[mr tipping]

just had my 5 th bmw in with small half moon shapes from sulphur fallout mainly bmws at the moment one merc has any one else had this taking a lest 6 hours to remove but mainly bmws is the laquer differant!

[Red&WhiteMonkey]

Can you try that again in english please.

[mr tipping]

sorry i had at least 5 bmws this week covered in sulphur fallout which has burnt into the laquer it started with a c63 amg which i had bonnett painted left out next morning covered in little half moons machined polished out thought nothing more over the last two weeks have had 6 bmws in fo the same has anyone else seen this fallout i cant just be be bmws i wonder if the laquer is effected on these more then the mercs!

[MarJay]

mr tipping said:

sorry i had at least 5 bmws this week covered in sulphur fallout which has burnt into the laquer it started with a c63 amg which i had bonnett painted left out next morning covered in little half moons machined polished out thought nothing more over the last two weeks have had 6 bmws in fo the same has anyone else seen this fallout i cant just be be bmws i wonder if the laquer is effected on these more then the mercs!

I'm not sure what you mean. You just had your fifth BMW? You eat them?

Try a little punctuation and proper sentences rather than just a bunch of words. I apologise, I'm really trying not to sound patronising...

[Nickyboy]

I cant see how it is affecting cars over here, its a light dusting nothing more. Certainly not enough to start eating into the paint

[edo]

mr tipping said:

sorry i had at least 5 bmws this week covered in sulphur fallout which has burnt into the laquer it started with a c63 amg which i had bonnett painted left out next morning covered in little half moons machined polished out thought nothing more over the last two weeks have had 6 bmws in fo the same has anyone else seen this fallout i cant just be be bmws i wonder if the laquer is effected on these more then the mercs!

try this

[Gizmo!]

Grammar nazism can wait.

He quite clearly works for a car polishing company or some form of garage. He's had a C63 AMG in and five BMWs with ash in the paintwork, and wonders if BMWs are more susceptible because they have softer lacquer.

[AndyS2]

MarJay said:

mr tipping said:

sorry i had at least 5 bmws this week covered in sulphur fallout which has burnt into the laquer it started with a c63 amg which i had bonnett painted left out next morning covered in little half moons machined polished out thought nothing more over the last two weeks have had 6 bmws in fo the same has anyone else seen this fallout i cant just be be bmws i wonder if the laquer is effected on these more then the mercs!

I'm not sure what you mean. You just had your fifth BMW? You eat them?

Try a little punctuation and proper sentences rather than just a bunch of words. I apologise, I'm really trying not to sound patronising...

Look at his profile and see what he does for a living. He's trying to help us out here!

[Gizmo!]

The only thing on my car has been a shedload of pollen. Lots about this year.

[V8A*ndy]

I had a hard chunk of molten ash/rock lying on the boot of my Z4 yesterday. There was an impact mark where it struck and had crumbled on slightly on impact

I have the chunk about the size of a pee. Will get a pic up later.

Also the light dusting on my wifes car seems very abrasive. be careful cleaning this stuf off.

[RV8]

Well it's probably a pumice type of ash if volcanic so I would say it's quite abrasive, your best bet is hosing off before hand washing.

As for those half moon shapes in the paint, could the ash be acidic and eat into the lacquer, in a similar way to bird plop, after being activated when mixed with the rain we've had recently?

[mr tipping]

yes thats right you are on the same lines dairy crest have olot of company bmws which where left out i taking pictures off them and will put these on its really weard so far its bmws we have a report today off a cls 55 damaged at mb world a price has been quoted £700 to remove it

RV8 said:

Well it's probably a pumice type of ash if volcanic so I would say it's quite abrasive, your best bet is hosing off before hand washing.

As for those half moon shapes in the paint, could the ash be acidic and eat into the lacquer, in a similar way to bird plop, after being activated when mixed with the rain we've had recently?

[mr tipping]

we have tested samples which have found sulphur content

anonymous said:

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[MondeoMan1981]

I can just see The Sun running this : "Volcano Eats BMW Paint"

[mr tipping]

thats it the same as all my cars this week i wonder if it reacts when water gets on it

edo said:

mr tipping said:

sorry i had at least 5 bmws this week covered in sulphur fallout which has burnt into the laquer it started with a c63 amg which i had bonnett painted left out next morning covered in little half moons machined polished out thought nothing more over the last two weeks have had 6 bmws in fo the same has anyone else seen this fallout i cant just be be bmws i wonder if the laquer is effected on these more then the mercs!

try this

[mr tipping]

yes mad hope they dont but ive been valeting cars for 29 years and have never seen this before just wondered what every one thught ive g3 copounded them it worked well but we tried 3m fast cut then an anti holagram then 2 coats of zymol wax or meqiers gold on private cars

MondeoMan1981 said:

I can just see The Sun running this : "Volcano Eats BMW Paint"

[Pints]

Good grief! 45 Months as a member and you still can't find the comma or shift keys on your keyboard. You quite obviously don't come here often.

Please try harder, I'm sure you'll find the responses more amicable.

[The Moose]

Yeah - we have found the same thing here - BMW has this issue the worst on our drive. Then Minis (2). There isn't much on the Porsche and the Bentley (and oddly enough Mk1 Mazda MX5!) were absolutely fine - no issues at all!

Those are the only cars left outside at the moment...

What is the solution?!

Cheers

The Moose

[daz4m]

MarJay said:

mr tipping said:

sorry i had at least 5 bmws this week covered in sulphur fallout which has burnt into the laquer it started with a c63 amg which i had bonnett painted left out next morning covered in little half moons machined polished out thought nothing more over the last two weeks have had 6 bmws in fo the same has anyone else seen this fallout i cant just be be bmws i wonder if the laquer is effected on these more then the mercs!

I'm not sure what you mean. You just had your fifth BMW? You eat them?

Try a little punctuation and proper sentences rather than just a bunch of words. I apologise, I'm really trying not to sound patronising...

Is this really necessary? Get a life or learn to read between the lines. I think your attitude stinks.

[John D.]

daz4m said:

MarJay said:

mr tipping said:

sorry i had at least 5 bmws this week covered in sulphur fallout which has burnt into the laquer it started with a c63 amg which i had bonnett painted left out next morning covered in little half moons machined polished out thought nothing more over the last two weeks have had 6 bmws in fo the same has anyone else seen this fallout i cant just be be bmws i wonder if the laquer is effected on these more then the mercs!

I'm not sure what you mean. You just had your fifth BMW? You eat them?

Try a little punctuation and proper sentences rather than just a bunch of words. I apologise, I'm really trying not to sound patronising...

Is this really necessary? Get a life or learn to read between the lines. I think your attitude stinks.

Wot he said.