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  1. #1

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    Things you can find on cars finishes:

    Over spray

    Tar from road

    Grease, grime or oil from passing semi trucks

    Insect & bird crap spit, chewing tobacco, male dog pee

    impacted insects on front

    Artery fungus

    Tree sap

    Water spots

    Acid rain

    Coke can marks

    Car wash polymer caked on from spot free car washes

    Mold, fungus

    Access wax that wasn’t taking off

    Paintings from young artists - crayons, finger food painting

    Tree pollen

    UV rays damage



    Things that scratches, chips & indents:

    Cat’s claw damage

    Flying bird impacts

    Hell balls damage

    Baseball damage

    Salt damage

    rock chips on front from ether passing cars or cars in front

    Rock chips, leaf clipping, from weedeater, lawn mower

    Toys/kids

    Pen & paper writing pen marks on paint

    Open door chips, key scratches, people resting there a## on your hood scratches, grocery cart scratches

    Dealer/car wash swirl marks or heavy duty glazing compound to cover up swirl marks (when you polish you open up a can of worms)

    Bath towel car washings

    Car wash wand washing or drive thru’s

    Brush/tree limb and falling branches nuts, fruits scratches/indents

    Ghost scratches that no one knows how they got there?

    Hacker detailer with rotary

    Ex- spouse with axe, key, spray paint ect ect

    Wind storm damage (sand)

    Snow splatter from passing cars

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    Super Wrote. “Car wash polymer caked on from spot free car washesâ€

    Can you please elaborate. I’m not sure what this looks like.



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    Don`t forget dried , hardened concrete splatter. Have fun trying to get that off of body molding and fender wells !

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    "Hell Balls"? lol...

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    doged

    "Super Wrote. “Car wash polymer caked on from spot free car washesâ€

    Can you please elaborate. I’m not sure what this looks like."



    Car wash polymer after periods of repeated car washes the car gets kind of gooey. It Looks dirty dull black color.

 

 

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