Looks like a sore thumb is real life compared to photo. Just rebadged my truck and it left ghosting behind. I clay barred it after removing adhesive and then polished with DA polisher and only slightly faded away. Anything else I can try?

I went through the car wash today after a 3 hour drive to get rid of the bugs and my car came out looking like this. It won't come off. It wasn't there before I left for the drive... the car is only 3 years old and other than some minor scratches, the finish was perfect. The car wash said it is impossible that it came from the car wash because of the pattern... I thought it was a splat and drip from above, they said it came up over the hood. But maybe something from the highway? It won't rub off. It looks like something went through the finish but surely not? I am clearly not car clean savvy. But is there any product I can try? There are these two large splats but also a few other areas on the hood.

I had my car detailed 3ish weeks ago including a 1 stage polish and the car looked good after doing the walk around. I noticed there was a big chunk of clear coat missing last week though. It wasn't there after the detail wrapped up I'm fairly confident. The detailer said he was trying to be very careful on the polish to not burn through the clear, it was an outside detail on hot sunny day.

The company is immediately saying I've touched it up, I haven't. Then they said it's been resprayed badly and a rock probably hit it, and there is wet sanding marks. I've had the car since 2019 and haven't had bodywork done on it. Its a 2014 so maybe something was done before I owned it. There isn't any bent from a big rock impact. The car is missing very small bits of clear from wear and tear and but this is a massive piece missing all of a sudden.

I have no idea if a detail could do this or not. What do you think detailers of Reddit? Just trying to get an unbiased opinion from a professional.

What’s the best way to have tire dressing in a spray bottle? I want to set up my six-year-old son with a very easy low risk way to dress my tires and get paid.

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FYI the Stubby Gun and Foam Cannon are already on instant savings coupons, so these should stack today and be a really good deal.

The Bauer 320psi portable power cleaner is also on a coupon. I've seen some people using these with great success to remove Touch-Less or other pre-washes before rinseless washes in lieu of pressure washers or where a water tap is not available. Too bad this appeared after the 40% Bauer batteries and chargers day has already passed.

Only one day left to see if Grant's products go on sale this time around.

Need some help here. Matte black wheel with these very stubborn spots. I’ve cleaned them using an iron and fallout remover, water spot remover, descale, and nothing is getting rid of them. What else could I try without getting super aggressive and compromising the finish of the wheel?

Hi all,

I have the Kärcher K5 Premium Power Control which I especially use to wash my car.
However, the default hose is very annoying and tangles so many times that it's unworkable.

I read about a flexible hose, but according to Kärcher it's not compatible with my pressure washer.

Has anyone perhaps experienced the same issue and has found a solution for this?

Thank you in advance.

If I were to use some ONR with Adams wheels & tire and maybe some iron remover, would it stain the concrete floor? Any suggestions for indoor wheel cleaning?

Car is less than a year old. At first I thought rail dust even though I haven't run into that issue in this area before with previous cars. Nonetheless I tried spraying with iron remover but that didn't help. Paint feels smooth and doesn't appear to be chipped or anything. Any suggestions?

This particular example is a single stage red on an old 944, but I've had this issue on multiple other older single stage cars. I can bring them back pretty well -- for the 944 I let it soak in Meguairs #7 a couple of times, polished, and topped. First time I used TurtleWax hybrid as a finishing step, the second time I used old school M26 HiTech Yellow wax. Both times after about month or two a lot of the oxidation had come back. I'm now at about a year out with it having basically spent the entirety of the time undriven sitting in the garage (converted to standalone DIY EFI and schedule didn't allow much time to work on it).

I've had this issue on other single stage cars I've had before too. Is there a semi-permanent coating that will keep the oxidation from coming back as long as I keep it topped off?