Cloudy marks under clear coat anyone?

[ecain63]

Had a few of these little blighters show up under the clear coat after removing this years Le Mans stickers. 3 areas of cloudy lines where the edges of the vinyl triangles were. I tried all sorts to see if they were surface issues but closer inspection shown them to be moisture patches under the clear coat. Then i got the hairdryer on them and even that didnt work, despite the paint being too hot to touch as a result. Solution: Boiling water from a kettle. Job done and no more patches. I should imagine it'd work on any car thats got moisture in the paint.


The marks:

Edited by ecain63 on Sunday 30th June 18:36

[domster]

Looks like a solid red from the red residue on the sunroof trim. No clearcoat. What car/age?

[ecain63]

The red residue is colour-wax dust from me polishing the car before trying hot water so dont worry, its not overspray or anything. Its a 2010 Fire Opal Merc W204.

[NISaxoVTR]

Water over damaged/lifting clear coat often makes it invisible. Did the marks stay away once the car was fully dried?

[7even]

are you sure its not something as simple as sun tan crème/moisturising crème?