Hi all, I have some rock chips and bug splatters in my paint. They were there when i bought the car used.

I wash it once a week but the bug splatters seem to be in the clearcoat. I had the car buffed and it didnt seem to do any good. I'm wondering what i can do to get this taken care of. Will a clay bar be enough? Or will i have to use rubbing compound?
Also can you recommend some brands for each?
I dont want to try and find Zaino, so what other brands of clay bars will do the job?

Here are a couple of pics i just took of the problem.

http://members.home.net/imaplayah/bugsplat1.jpg

http://members.home.net/imaplayah/bugsplat2.jpg

thanks for all your help,
Kyle

 

Sorry about those links.....

Everything is right except the .jpg needs to be capitalized

try this

http://members.home.net/imaplayah/bugsplat1.JPG

http://members.home.net/imaplayah/bugsplat2.JPG

 

It looks like you may need rubbing compound for that. It's tough to tell from a picture though. But a common rule of thumb is to take the path of least resistance and work up, in other words, if washing didn't take it off, then try a clay bar. If that doesn't work then try some MILD compound, then stronger compound..etc.

And even if the claybar doesn't work, it's a great thing to have anyways for future use.

Jeff

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1996 Black Z28 M6; Stock.
1994 Purple S10 4X4.

 

Yeah, even if the buffed it, if they didn't use a rubbing compund it wouldn't come off at all. The compund is a very, very mild abrasive which is intended to get through to a fresh layer of clear or paint.

If all they used was wax then it would have just covered up the bugs, not buffed them out.

I had some nasty marks in my front bumper cover when I bought the car that refused to be rubbed out. I eventually had to get the front bumper cover painted.

M@

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94Z M6 Med. Patriot Red
Cut-out, Hurst, some other sheeit... WNYFA
Pics!
He's going the distance, He's going for speed

 

Well I tried using a claybar but it had no effect.
I've heard good things about 3M 39009 swirl mark remover. Is this aggressive enough do you think? Or is there a product that would be better suited. I think if it removed the ugly bug splatter but dulled the area, it would still look better.
Thanks for the help,
Kyle

 

Anyone know anything about swirl mark remover or rubbing compound that could help me out?

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93 Trans Am A4 Dark Green Metallic
3.23's, Hypertech 160* T-stat, Tan Leather Interior, 2 JL Audio 12", Custom box, Gold metallic Trans Am overlays and Pontiac fill in from board member 97ws6_TA

 

anyone?

 

NO NO NO, do NOT use rubbing compound. That stuff is way too abrasive for a clearcoat finish. Clay could work but I guess you already tried that and it didn't. Clay is also an abrasive FYI. Try some fine cut cleaner wax (it's like a real mild rubbing compound). Or zymol although zymol uses solvents to remove stains and contaminants and I would suggest you try something with some abrasives in it and not solvents. Meguiars fine cut cleaner wax could work. You can only find this stuff, professional grade, at a paint shop so don't bother looking at autozone or any other automotive chains. If that doesn't do it then try some 3M Imperial Hand Glaze and that should definately take off the stains. Don't have it buffed again whatever you do, that is the most risky, dangerous thing for your car's paint. Also, remember when you're appling the hand glaze or fine cut (or maybe even medium cut) cleaner wax to your car use a BACK and FORTH motion. No circles! Then I'd wax it to protect it. I'm in the process of putting up a website with some good tips on how to wax (not zaino) your car correctly. Untill I get that up you could check out my post on this topic http://web.camaross.com/bb/Forum10/HTML/003194.html
It's pretty infomative.



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~Will
96 Z28
"fastanuff!"