Rust spot on new car? Please help!

[Otravez]

So I got this spot on my hood. Looks like rust and I can barely feel it with my fingernail. It kinda looks like a mole, a dark spot with a ring of lighter `stuff` expanding up and to the right of it. Claying didn`t seem to help much if any.

Sorry about the bigger pic but I wanted to give you guys the best possible view of it.

[awahl63]

Which clay did you use? Did you use any pressure?

[EdLancer]

Is that a GM ? ...LoL

[Otravez]

Which clay did you use? Did you use any pressure?

OTC Mother`s Clay. Something more aggressive needed?

[Bigpoppa3346]

Try a paint cleaner(ie. Klasse AIO) and that should remove the stain. If that doesn`t work mabey something lightly abrasive will do the trick.

[Accumulator]

It almost looks like it might be a chip, but it`s probably just some ferrous contamination that`s bonded to the panel and has started to rust.



You might find a decontamination system`s acidic step helpful, but it`d hardly seen sensible to buy the whole system for one spot. Maybe somebody who has some on hand could sell/send you an ounce or two. I`m all out myself...



Note that the sooner you do whatever you`re gonna do the better, once the rust gets a toehold it gets a lot harder to eliminate.

[velobard]

Given that it`s a new car, my 1st guess is rail dust.

[fstop128]

Given that it`s a new car, my 1st guess is rail dust.

i agree with you.

[TN9thSi]

Klasse AIO should do th trick. My fresh off the truck Mazda had several spots that looked like that. AIO and a MF cleaned it right up. Clay didn`t phase it at all. Give AIO a try.

[Otravez]

Thanks for the thoughts everyone. I went over it with the AIO but I didn`t actually try getting RID of it with the AIO. I will try that ASAP.