Keepin it clean...or tryin to...

[OEM~KaOs]

Ok, so I have a small problem and have asked a couple people what to do and have gotten mixed answers.

The Problem:

I have specks of concrete on my car, it looks like I went mudding, it looks like mud spots, they are pretty small, but there are just SO many of them!!!

The Responses

One guy said, in a nut shell, "Your fvcked, you have to wait to re paint it"

I am able to scratch them off with my fingernail, and knowing this someone said I just need to set aside about 4 hours and get rid of them all by going over the whole front of the car with my nail and scratching them off, lol...sadly, this is probably going to happen...today...

Anyways, does anyone have any other suggestions? Otherwise I'm gonna have to wait until next year when I get the car painted...

Thanks in advance for the help!

*UPDATE* Here are some pics to help:

This is the closest pic I could get of the specks, they are all about that size, and they are numerous
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/Specks.jpg

Some of this is bugs, but about half is the concrete specks
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/BugsandConcrete.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/BugsandConcrete3.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/BugsandConcrete2.jpg

[93-LUDE-SI]

Rubbing compound maybe? Then you would have to rewax though. Fingernail might be the best method if it works good. Lesson: dont tailgate concrete trucks. j/k

[OEM~KaOs]

Rubbing compound maybe? Then you would have to rewax though. Fingernail might be the best method if it works good. Lesson: dont tailgate concrete trucks. j/k

Already tried, I even tried claybarring the car, and the claybar didn't even get it off... I'm in the process of the fingernail method, I'm gonna take the car to a car wash, wash the front of the car to get whatever i can off, and then fingernail it...it's gonna be about a 2-3 hour process, lol.

I'm able to do the windshield extremely well, I'm able to use Invisible Glass and a piece of steel wool, but I got a feeling that wouldn't go over so well on the paint of the car...

Funny thing is, I was never behind a concrete truck, I have no idea how these got there...they were just...THERE!

[93-LUDE-SI]

I use a razor blade on the windshield. I've successfully used it on the paint also but wouldn't recommend it cuz it is dangerous on paint. I guess there is just a bunch of crap laying around on the roads that get kicked up and stuff. Make sure to do a write up on the fingernail method of detailing haha. Good luck.

[99PreludeSh]

I dont know any of that stuff or anything......lol

You didnt even ask me, good job newb.

Buff with 3M Heavy duty compound, then 3M swirl mark remover, then 3M final glaze unltrafina SE.

[OEM~KaOs]

Well, the Steel Wool piece and Invisible Glass is by far the best thing I have ever done, my windows have NEVER been cleaner...

The pictures suck, but I mainly took them for Ogs :biggrin: you will see all the sexy tan leather you could ever want buddy!

These are the DIRTY pics of the window
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/P2090002.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/P2090001.jpg

These are the CLEAN pictures of the windows
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/P2090003.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/P2090004.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/P2090005.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/P2090006.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/P2090007.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/97-Prelude/P2090008.jpg

I did ALL the windows of the car, inside and out, the pictures don't really show it, but I mainly took them so Ogs can oggle, and so I don't get banned for not putting up more pics of the tan leather :biggrin:

I dont know any of that stuff or anything......lol

You didnt even ask me, good job newb.

Buff with 3M Heavy duty compound, then 3M swirl mark remover, then 3M final glaze unltrafina SE.

I didn't ask you because you haven't talked to me in a while :biggrin:

j/k

[yogi_pahl]

Take it to a car wash and use the pressure washer just start off a lil far from the bumper the get closer. I don't think the was would take some paint off if ur nail takes it off fine but could save you a ass load of time. It worked for me and the hood of my jeep and it was on there for about a week .

[OEM~KaOs]

Take it to a car wash and use the pressure washer just start off a lil far from the bumper the get closer. I don't think the was would take some paint off if ur nail takes it off fine but could save you a ass load of time. It worked for me and the hood of my jeep and it was on there for about a week .

Tried it, more then once, otherwise it would have been done about 2 weeks ago when i first found out

[LittleFoot]

What about hot water and a rough sponge/steel wool? Obviously just be careful around the paint. :smile:

[yogi_pahl]

Time for a new bumber and cf hood then.

[OEM~KaOs]

Time for a new bumber and cf hood then.

Next year when I'm done with school I'm doin the full Mugen kit. That kit is just so dead sexy... I can't pass it up.

What about hot water and a rough sponge/steel wool? Obviously just be careful around the paint. :smile:

I have tried a sponge, didnt work, and I REALLY don't wanna try a thing of steel wool, I can see that ending horribly on the paint...

[LittleFoot]

I have tried a sponge, didnt work, and I REALLY don't wanna try a thing of steel wool, I can see that ending horribly on the paint...

Actually there are different grades of steel wool and some are safe to use on paint and glass. I will ask my b/f what he uses on his car, he works around a lot of job cites with wet cement, paint, and lord knows what else. Anyways he uses something and steel wool to keep the Turd (fx16) clean or at least get the little spots.

[OEM~KaOs]

Actually there are different grades of steel wool and some are safe to use on paint and glass. I will ask my b/f what he uses on his car, he works around a lot of job cites with wet cement, paint, and lord knows what else. Anyways he uses something and steel wool to keep the Turd (fx16) clean or at least get the little spots.

That would be awesome! Thanks littlefoot.

I haven't washed the car yet because it rained, and I have been trying to hold off to find a way to do it easier then the fingernail method...lmao

[99PreludeSh]

The yellow wool still scratches it but not as bad. Thats the finest wool in the paint industry.

Perhaps try buff and wax like I told you to? Because that will work.

[OEM~KaOs]

The yellow wool still scratches it but not as bad. Thats the finest wool in the paint industry.

Perhaps try buff and wax like I told you to? Because that will work.

Yes ma'am... :biggrin:

[ogsmakdade]

tan leather looks so classy. Love that interior bro

[OEM~KaOs]

tan leather looks so classy. Love that interior bro

Thanks D, I figured you would like these shots, sooner or later I'll get around to getting some sexy girl in there and take pictures of that for you, although it might be a little while...like...end of November :biggrin:

[mcimo]

Yeah, tan is teh sexiness inside a prelude.... yum. But I know how you feel about crap on the front of the car, I have that too. Except mine wont come off. :( I would almost buy one of those covers for the front of the car, but I don't even like how they look...

[OEM~KaOs]

Yeah, tan is teh sexiness inside a prelude.... yum. But I know how you feel about crap on the front of the car, I have that too. Except mine wont come off. :( I would almost buy one of those covers for the front of the car, but I don't even like how they look...

I'm getting my front windshield replaced tomorrow morning!! YAY!!!

And those covers are nasty...I would never buy one, EVER!!

[bdizzel124]

wet sand with 2000 grit sand paper and buff her out. When you head like a screaching noise in the sand paper wash rinse off the sand paper.(a speck of dirt is scratching your clear coat) BE CAREFULL NOT TO OVER WET SAND!!!!!! Good luck

[OEM~KaOs]

wet sand with 2000 grit sand paper and buff her out. When you head like a screaching noise in the sand paper wash rinse off the sand paper.(a speck of dirt is scratching your clear coat) BE CAREFULL NOT TO OVER WET SAND!!!!!! Good luck

Yea...I don't feel like wet sanding it...I can easily see something going VERY wrong, and knowing that it's concrete im trying to get off...I'm just not gonna risk it, lol.

It's ok, in one year I've got an "appointment" to get her a full Mugen kit (minus the wing) and a paint job, so I think I can last until then, besides, I got most of it off with the fingernail method!! lol...

[mcimo]

Yea...I don't feel like wet sanding it...I can easily see something going VERY wrong, and knowing that it's concrete im trying to get off...I'm just not gonna risk it, lol.

It's ok, in one year I've got an "appointment" to get her a full Mugen kit (minus the wing) and a paint job, so I think I can last until then, besides, I got most of it off with the fingernail method!! lol...

Pics! Please?? :)

[OEM~KaOs]

Pics! Please?? :)

Well, I'm getting the new glass tomorrow morning, putting on the new BB Squad sticker, and then sometime soon ill be washing and waxing her. She's dirty again from our driveway being a dirt driveway, and there is bugs on the front again...they just never go away it seems, it's so irritating!!

I'll get pics up probably sometime this weekend, if not the weekend, Monday for sure!!

[mizlude]

i dont know any of that stuff or anything......lol

you didnt even ask me, good job newb.

Buff with 3m heavy duty compound, then 3m swirl mark remover, then 3m final glaze unltrafina se.

this girl knows what shes talking about.

[OEM~KaOs]

this girl knows what shes talking about.

haha, ya think?!

It's nice having your neighbors up the street that both work for 3M(guy), one as a contractor and the other as a Marketing Exec.(girl), they are married to each other, and holy SH!T are they loaded....

But as it stands I'm going to tolerate it for one more year, because then when I get the Mugen Kit, I won't have to worry about it anyways, and unless something comes up where I HAVE to have it gone, I'll just be driving it in the winter anyways :yuck: