Mothers Clay bar

[BADDASSC6]

I had the Corvette at the base Autohobby shop for a fee months earlier this year. I installed the Raptor (wing) as well as doing some other jobs to help with the future cage installation. One of the other patrons was doing some metal cutting with a circular grinding wheel and got a lot of metal dust on my car. Obviously I was upset about it. Truth is my paint is very beat from all the track use so I didn't make a big deal of it. I finally got around to washing the car and quickly realized that the dust would come off and two turned brown with rust. Imagine a plastic corvette with a patina. I started budgeting for a paint job (aka beer for Adam and tell him his car is fast). Then I remembered that I had a Mothers Clay bar kit (Bar and detail spray) in the closet. It took about three hours, but I was able to get the metallic dust off the car completely. There are some other little marks, unfortunately it did nothing for the track rash or the burn marks. Anyways I wanted to share this one because for the $20 cost it's worth a shot before painting.

[Vettezuki]

In the old days you coulda called the Lord God King of clay bars .. one Mr. Sean Plunkett.

[94cobra69ss396]

If the paint is still thick you can use some 2000 grit wet/dry sand paper and lightly wet sand it. Then polish it with a buffer to bring the paint back to a shine. I had to do that with the hood on Explorer after doing the SAS.

[Shaolin Crane]

Playdoh works too

[BADDASSC6]

Thanks for the playdoh tip. It pretty much came off to I'm done with it. I will take it to my carwash guy and have him detail it. Some point next year it is getting dipped.

[enkeivette]

Haha :beer:

That's awesome! It's tough to beat the longevity of factory paint. If you can save it you should.

I'd avoid wet-sanding and buffing it, that just wears the clear coat down thinner. Id rather have it a little less shiny and a little more scratch/ chip resistant.