Well you should never really "scrubb" your paint it more of gliding your mitt over your paint to get of dirt. Scrubbing will lead to marring of your paint. These dirty streaks your are talking about have been baking in the sun for a couple of weeks now (I live and socal I know :nono. That definitly is not good. That means the contaminants have etched into your paint. First you can try a degreaser such as Poorboys Bug Squash if that doesn't work I would suggest claying the area. And if all else fails you are going to have to polish the area to get these marks out, hopefully it isn't this bad but I can't tell unless I have pictures. Everything you would need to clean up this mess can be found from one of our site sponsors Detailed Image. They even give us fanatics a 10% discount with the code 10offe46. :thumbsup:

 

Well you should never really "scrubb" your paint it

I know this. I was just getting desperate at the time. It has been duly noted.

more of gliding your mitt over your paint to get of dirt. Scrubbing will lead to marring of your paint. These dirty streaks your are talking about have been baking in the sun for a couple of weeks now (I live and socal I know :nono. That definitly is not good. That means the contaminants have etched into your paint. First you can try a degreaser such as Poorboys Bug Squash if that doesn't work I would suggest claying the area. And if all else fails you are going to have to polish the area to get these marks out, hopefully it isn't this bad but I can't tell unless I have pictures. Everything you would need to clean up this mess can be found from one of our site sponsors Detailed Image. They even give us fanatics a 10% discount with the code 10offe46. :thumbsup:

I'm gonna go with the bug off stuff and then the clay. I'll post back with the results.

 

Naruto19 is on the right track, I would start by degreasing the area first and see if you can loosen the contaminants during a normal wash. Since you already scrubbed the paint and it didn't come off you may need something more stronger to remove these marks. You could try using a clay bar to help remove contaminants tightly embedded in the clear coat. Simply spray some clay lube (Poorboy's World Spray and Wipe) over a small area (2ft x 2ft) then glide the bar side to side and wipe it clean with a microfiber towel when you're done. The clay bar will pull out just about any contaminants still on the surface.

If the marks have actually etched in to the clear coat you may need to polish the paint. Etching are basically when deposits actually eat into the clear coat and create an uneven finish/appearance. Sometimes etching are extremely faint and others can be very deep and noticeable. I would think you could only have light to medium etchings, if this is the case. I would try a light and/or medium polish to remove the imperfections. The Menzerna Final Polish II is a great light polish. You may have to combine it with a medium polish like the Menzerna Intensive Polish if the marks are deeper.

Let me know if you would like more information about these possible conditions and the solutions I recommended.

Greg @ Detailed Image

 

I did a white audi this Friday that had this problem on its rear bumber. Clay removed some, but not all of it. In the end a simple chemical cleaning polish fixed it. In this case I used ZAIO, but Klasse AIO would have worked, just like any cleanerwax or OTC polish like colorX or ScratchX.

 

clay will do it by itself


note white car in sig :neener:

 

A piece of mother's clay, then wiped off with terry cloth did it! :craig: