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Offline AndyBrown

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Tiny orange spots.
« on: July 21, 2014, 09:55:08 am »
When I've been washing my car (candy white) on close inspection I can see tiny orange dots.
Now at first I thought these could be rust but it's on the plastic bumper and wing mirrors.

Does anyone know what this could be and would clay barring it remove it?

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Re: Tiny orange spots.
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2014, 09:58:10 am »
Sounds like iron fallout to me.

Buy a bottle of iron-x to decontaminate the paintwork, followed by claying and then resealing the paint with your LSP of choice.

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Re: Tiny orange spots.
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2014, 10:04:59 am »
Either tar or iron. Hard to tell.  Clay would remove it but ironx or tardis would be better as this is touchless and so not going to mark the paint.

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Re: Tiny orange spots.
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2014, 10:12:51 am »
Cheers lads, gunna get a das6 next month and do a full detail on the paint.

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Re: Tiny orange spots.
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2014, 01:22:23 pm »
did a leon on sat and it was covered in cupranol fence and garden paint :)
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Re: Tiny orange spots.
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2014, 03:50:25 pm »
always thought the orange spots were pollen from trees ? as you only get it in the summer ? its hard to wash off as it get baked on in the sun but will wash off with water


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Re: Tiny orange spots.
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2014, 12:08:43 pm »
Had the same on my white Leon when I first got it, iron X removed it no problem :)

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Re: Tiny orange spots.
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2014, 06:46:27 pm »
always thought the orange spots were pollen from trees ? as you only get it in the summer ? its hard to wash off as it get baked on in the sun but will wash off with water


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I would have said pollen too. I get them on my reflex silver and they end up looking a brownish-yellow-orange. QD or washing removes them relatively easily. So do baby wipes but i'm not sure if baby wipes are kind to wax/sealant - i doubt it.

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Re: Tiny orange spots.
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2014, 08:21:26 pm »
did a leon on sat and it was covered in cupranol fence and garden paint :)
was it a cupra, no, lol