I like beer. On occasion I will even drink a beer to celebrate a major event such as the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
Stephan`s Detailing
Portland CT.
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Try alittle pb bug squash on the spots if you have some if not just start claying. If I remember right the clay will take off the actual fungus then a brown spot will be left. if this happens use a chemical polish like PB`s Pro Polish
It is brake dust. I have had it on my white truck. Regardless of what you think I use a wet sponge with comet and go in one direction on entire vehicle works great and do a complete polish, wax and glaze afterwards. The comet is only cleaning the clearcoat and will not affect the paint.
Brake dust is produced from the friction during braking. Brake dust is disbursed into the air, and onto the paint finish of all vehicles. In recent years the formulation of brake pads have changed from asbestos material to metal or metallic material. Actually, these new "metallic" brake pads are tiny particles of bare metal compressed into the mold of a brake pad. During braking the brake pad is compressed against the rotor. Since both of these materials are made of metal, brake dust is now in the form of metal shavings that adhere and embed into the paint finish. Since all vehicles have metallic brake pads, there is no vehicle that can escape brake dust contamination. It cannot be removed using "current" cleaning methods
all vehicles now have metallic brake pads, therefore every vehicle on the road is infected with brake dust
serious damage occurs when left untreated.
"The trouble is that you think you have time." - Jack Kornfeld
Yeah, funny story about that stuff. It took me a while to figure out what it was (I thought it was road tar), and the giveaway was that it kept reappearing even when I hadn`t driven the car, and only on the side of the car that was facing the mulch. Anyway, I removed all the mulch and used lava rock instead. Next Spring my neighbor comes over with a truck load of free mulch that he got somewhere and asked me if I wanted some. I said no thanks, and started to tell him about artillery fungus shooting all over my car. Now realize that they already think I`m a little off since I wash and wax my car constantly, but he was looking at me like I just arrived from Mars! I can just guess what he told the rest of the neighbors!
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