GB magnet has bloomed paintwork

GB magnet has bloomed paintwork

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Blakeatron

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2,516 posts

174 months

Friday 30th March 2018
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Went to France last weekend, just cleaned the car and where the GB magnet was is a bleached/bloomed mark.

I have tried autoglym deep gloss, t cut colour restorer, black hole wax and even a hairdryer - nothing is touching it!

Its a vw t5, but had a new tailgate 18months ago when soneone ran into it. Its regularly 2bw and waxed with black hole.

The car was cleaned before the trip to dover, and before i put the magnet on i wiped over the area with a babywipe.

Any ideas how to sort? Or is it a respray job?









finlo

3,765 posts

204 months

Friday 30th March 2018
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Put the GB badge back on?smile

sutts

900 posts

149 months

Friday 30th March 2018
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I imagine the chemicals on the baby wipe - sealed in by the magnetic sign - have reacted with the lacquer. A machine polish with a fairly aggressive compound should sort it I would think. Contact your local detailing company or mobile outfit and send them the pic.

Pintofbest

805 posts

111 months

Friday 30th March 2018
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It happened on my daughters car with her 'P' plate, tried to polish it to no avail but after a week it magically disappeared on its own.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

127 months

Friday 30th March 2018
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Blakeatron said:
Went to France last weekend, just cleaned the car and where the GB magnet was is a bleached/bloomed mark.

You know the blue strip on the plate means you didn't need a GB sticker, right?

Anyway, did you do the babywipe immediately before the magnet? I wonder if it's some trapped residue from that.

Mo28

907 posts

101 months

Friday 30th March 2018
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Pintofbest said:
It happened on my daughters car with her 'P' plate, tried to polish it to no avail but after a week it magically disappeared on its own.
This, my dads a driving instructor and had a magnetic L plate on the bonnet for over a year. When he gave me the car there was a cloudy square on the bonnet. I tried polishing it but it wouldn't go. A couple of days later it disappeared.

Jonno02

2,248 posts

110 months

Friday 30th March 2018
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This is most likely caused by moisture from the baby wipe being forced into the paintwork by action of the magnet, causing slight hazing.

It will disappear after a few days due to evaporation. Leave it alone for a week.

Blakeatron

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2,516 posts

174 months

Sunday 29th April 2018
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Quick update - washed the van again today and the mark has gone!