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Aargh! Yesterday I drove through Chelsea when out of nowhere some idiot threw an egg at my car. 
It landed on the main bonnet and left nasty marks. I guess I am lucky that glass fibre does not dent, but I now have an egg-shaped spot of tiny cracks in the paint. And that's only a week after the service bonnet and back of the car had been resprayed!
The cracks are tiny and you have to know they're there to notice, but since I know and therefore notice, I would like to get rid of them (without having another rather expensive and time-consuming respray). Does anybody know if there any good DIY solutions? Who would be a good specialist in London or Surrey?
If you have experience with this (with or without egg) then your advice would be very much appreciated!
It landed on the main bonnet and left nasty marks. I guess I am lucky that glass fibre does not dent, but I now have an egg-shaped spot of tiny cracks in the paint. And that's only a week after the service bonnet and back of the car had been resprayed!The cracks are tiny and you have to know they're there to notice, but since I know and therefore notice, I would like to get rid of them (without having another rather expensive and time-consuming respray). Does anybody know if there any good DIY solutions? Who would be a good specialist in London or Surrey?
If you have experience with this (with or without egg) then your advice would be very much appreciated!
As a former SMART repairer I'm sorry to say that egg damage is surprisingly deep. Think of how tough bits of eggshell are if you bite on some in your food!
If it's a glancing blow on the bonnet it may not be too bad, but generally side on shots to the doors of cars do permanent damage.
A quick test is to fill up a small plastic bottle with water and gently pour over the scratch/damage, if it significanly reduces or even disappears completely under running water then the damage is in the lacquer, if not then I'm afraid it is well into the paint.
If it's a glancing blow on the bonnet it may not be too bad, but generally side on shots to the doors of cars do permanent damage.
A quick test is to fill up a small plastic bottle with water and gently pour over the scratch/damage, if it significanly reduces or even disappears completely under running water then the damage is in the lacquer, if not then I'm afraid it is well into the paint.
Unlikely you'd have much damage from the egg! Although saying that, the lacquer would be much softer if recently resprayed. Still, as far as i am aware, eggs don't contain much in the way of corrosive materials!
I think you'll find that the white bits in the crack/scratch are just dried polish! Try using a polish with more cut first, like one of the T-cut ones.
Southgate.
I think you'll find that the white bits in the crack/scratch are just dried polish! Try using a polish with more cut first, like one of the T-cut ones.
Southgate.
southgate said:
I would try to polish it out first. Definitely think you'll get a better result.
The cracks feel very rough (after polishing with Autoglym) so I don't think that they can just be polished out. Around the egg-shaped spot of cracks there are also two or three chips in the paint. The damage an egg can do is incredible. I'm still fuming about how it happened! 
K321 said:
sorry to hear that Arj, it was nice to have a chat with you and your car is super duper, whether with egg cracks on it or not..hopefully you will be able to sort it out.
Thanks K! It was nice talking to you too. In the end it's nothing major, just frustrating as the whole thing was totally unnecessary. I'm still waiting for the Chips Away guys to get back to me and hopefully it'll all be sorted soon.some little toe rag egged the back windows of my house the other day, as soon as i realised what the thud was I flew into a rage, grabbed an egg from the fridge and ran outside to egg them back!!!
unfortunately they were long gone. I do worry about the way my mind works sometimes though!
unfortunately they were long gone. I do worry about the way my mind works sometimes though!
Edited by davido140 on Thursday 14th June 19:57
so called said:
I have just seen an advertisement for next weeks "specials" in ALDI in Germany for paint damage repair materials.
I wont know what they are until next week but will check them out and let you know.
Excellent! I will drive to a Dutch town 15 minutes from the German border next week, so could pick it up then. So please do let me know when you know more!I wont know what they are until next week but will check them out and let you know.
Have you got an e-mail address ?
Can you e-mail me so that I can send you what I have so far.
Its not much, only a photo of the advert.........in German.
The repair kit will be in the store from Wednesday next week and so I
will try and ive you more details next week.
I intend to get some myself anyway.
I would expect something like this is available from Halfords ??
Can you e-mail me so that I can send you what I have so far.
Its not much, only a photo of the advert.........in German.
The repair kit will be in the store from Wednesday next week and so I
will try and ive you more details next week.
I intend to get some myself anyway.
I would expect something like this is available from Halfords ??
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