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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    Quote Originally Posted by rlmccarty2000 View Post
    Their shampoo is dirt cheap.
    If it`s "C", then heh heh...it might *oughta* be dirt cheap Cool green color though.

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    P Rock- Huh, I too am surprised that you`re having this issue with a coated car.

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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    If it`s "C", then heh heh...it might *oughta* be dirt cheap Cool green color though.
    Yep it’s C. Costs less than $4.

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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    Quote Originally Posted by rlmccarty2000 View Post
    What brand of ceramic coat product was applied to your car? Maybe/probably the ceramic coat is stained, unless it went through the coating. This is puzzling, normally the coating will repel most liquids.
    Gtechniq ceramic coating. The berries seem to have etched right through it.

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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    P Rock- Huh, I too am surprised that you`re having this issue with a coated car.
    As am I.... I was in Jamaica for a week and the temperature was in the 90`s here in Ohio that week. I`m thinking the acidic berries had plenty of time to cook and the coating eventually gave in? I don`t know but this kinda changes my opinions on this coating (Gtechniq).

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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    rlmccarty2000- Even at that price (and much as I really do like the color ), I dunno...I`d lean towards something with better lubricity. And I`m just talking about wheels/wells/undercarriage use. Eh, we`ll see when I finally reorder some shampoo for those areas...I do`nt know what I`ll get.

    P Rock- I don`t blame you! Even with those conditions (hope the trip was great!) I`d expect near-miracles from a coating...not that I`ll use one on anything but wheels.

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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    Here`s a closeup of one of the stains on another car... Yes, two cars got hit although one got it way worse.
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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    I’ve never used anything from gtechniques except their glass coating (it was average), but it surprises me that the berries ate through the coating. Coatings are not the magic solution that manufacturers make them out to be, but they do usually provide a sacrificial surface better than sealants or waxes. If they ate through the coating they probably etched the paintwork. Hopefully a good compound on a microfiber pad will remove the etching, if not then wet sanding will be your only option.

    If cutting down the tree is not an option then I would invest in a good quality car cover. I know there are some folks that are anti-cover, but anything is better than having your paint permanently damaged.

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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    P Rock --
    So sorry this had to happen to your vehicles...
    Have you contacted the people that coated your car/s and asked them for support??
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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    Quote Originally Posted by rlmccarty2000 View Post
    .. If they ate through the coating they probably etched the paintwork. Hopefully a good compound on a microfiber pad will remove the etching, if not then wet sanding will be your only option..
    There`s always the option of just living with the etching the way I generally do Thin the clear (significantly) now and you might regret it in the future. Sure glad I never fixed the (awfully bad) etching on the A8.

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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    Just wanted to give an update. A detailer got the stains out but it required an abrasive compound with an aggressive cutting pad (forgot what brand he used). He started with something more fine but that didn`t work. I tried a compound as well but it didn`t work so my pad/compound combination were likely too tame.
    He said since he had to use an abrasive compound, the ceramic coating likely didn`t survive it... But it was about 2 years old anyways and I`m just glad the berry stains are finally gone.
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    Re: Stubborn red berry stains on paint.

    P rock- Ah, glad that took care of it. With the coating abraded away, what are you going to go with now?

 

 
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