Help needed ! blurred patches appeared on my car body.

[trogen]

Hi,

I have this problem with my car paint work. It usually become visible about 1 or 2 day after a carwash. Blurred patches started to form up and become visible on the car body, usually on the top surfaces (like the bonnet and roof.). It appeared like condenstation on the mirror surface.However, the patches apparently are soothe build-up (from the air). The patches are not uniform on the surface , more like random patches which can be easily visible.

Till recently, I have been waxing my car very often, almost once every week or 2 weeks. I'm wondering is this the result of my car body suffereing from an overdose of waxing ?

I would like to resolve this problem . Can anyone offer me good advice ?

By the way, my car body colour is black, 4 mths old and the paintwork is 100% original.

[louis]

trogen,

i assume u give ur car a thorough wash before waxing? if so, sounds like the wax. either its not suitable, contaminated or u're not following the instructions closely enough.

it should be able to come off with a thorough polish. check out this thread: http://bmw-sg.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3084

u can drop by and let us do a free assessment of ur problem if u want. polish, then apply wax and sealant and ur car should be as good as new again.

louis

[trogen]

hi Louis,

I tot you are a medic student. Is this your family business or are u partnering with someone in a new venture ?

[louis]

trogen,

coz Mae never give enough discount mah, so need to moonlight to pay for the Z...

seriously, i'm a med student, but i've my greedy fingers dipped into other honey pots as well because its always good to have a plan b, and even better to have a plan c.

my family is in oil and gas engineering; this car grooming business doesn't involve family. although i'm new to the set-up, they've been around for a good many years so don't imagine it to be some fly-by-night-charity-carwash kind of thing. we'll take good care of your car.

louis

[russo]

patches are caused by insufficient curing time. Either when the weather is too hot or when it is raining. It is more obvious on dark colored cars. I do get a little of those patches.

Go get yourself a quick detailer like Meguires or mothers or Zymol, mist it over the area and wipe down with a terry cloth. You won't see the patch again.

[totoseow]

hey russo why never askhim to go to ur shop ..Bronze carmen? its the best mah! ok i will go c u once my current package finishes..

[Puny]

Could be due to inadequate buffing off too?

You can see the wax application patterns, and it's usually noted that certain areas where the application is thicker/not buffed off well enough will have these marks - which become quickly apparent in certain weather.

Quite certain too that some waxes tend to have this problem more than others. So far, it's more apparent for a hard-paste wax that I've tried, whereas some others do not have the same problem at all.

2 cents.
Alvin.

[trogen]

Originally Posted by Puny

Could be due to inadequate buffing off too?

You can see the wax application patterns, and it's usually noted that certain areas where the application is thicker/not buffed off well enough will have these marks - which become quickly apparent in certain weather.

Quite certain too that some waxes tend to have this problem more than others. So far, it's more apparent for a hard-paste wax that I've tried, whereas some others do not have the same problem at all.

2 cents. :)
Alvin.

Definitely not due to inadequate buffing. The blurred-out only start to appear about 2 days after the wash and wax. I used hard paste by the way.

[trogen]

Originally Posted by russo

patches are caused by insufficient curing time. Either when the weather is too hot or when it is raining. It is more obvious on dark colored cars. I do get a little of those patches.

Go get yourself a quick detailer like Meguires or mothers or Zymol, mist it over the area and wipe down with a terry cloth. You won't see the patch again. :thumbsup:

Detailer can meh ? I though detailer conceal the underlying layer whithout first removing it. A polishing process seems more appropriate to me. correct if I'm wrong.

[Winston]

like to hijack this threat for a quick question, will machine waxing casue swirl marks on a dark colored body.... tks...