What's this anyone?

[Chris92]

This is on my mates mk5 which he just got a few weeks ago. Any ideas what it is, is smooth to touch you can't get your finger nail to catch it etc



Sorry for this tragic photo    look in the middle of the pic it's darken a little right at the corner of the front wing

[cuprajake]

Looks like a water mark off the rubber

[Chris92]

Looks like a water mark off the rubber

How do you mean? Like dirty water that has dried on the paint? Car was just washed and dried and it's still there.

[JPC]

Looks like the clear coat might be missing in that spot

[cuprajake]

Try wiping it with a tiny bit of nail varnish remover.

[JPC]

Try wiping it with a tiny bit of nail varnish remover.

dont do that. take it to someone with paint experience. if it is delicate paint the LAST thing you want on it is acetone!

[cuprajake]

I would of suggested panel wipe but then they'd of asked what it was lol

The tiniest dab, on a cotton bud will do little harm.

[rich83]

Looks like the clear coat might be missing in that spot

But wouldnt you feel that with your nail?

[JPC]

absolutely not necessarily mate. if that makes sense? haha

the jaggedness of the line between the mark suggest to me lacquer damage, but its very difficult to tell from just a photo

[cuprajake]

only reason i say is i get them off my rubbers



jake

[Chris92]

Cheers guys, so can you fix it if the lacquer has gone? Touch up pen then lacquer then sand / machine it? What causes this machine polishing? That's all I can think of

[Chris92]

The car go one layer of super resin polish yesterday and the mark has gone, it wouldn't wash of or anything we tried but after some srp it has gone. Any ideas?  

[cuprajake]

Yes as above I posted an identical pic. It's the black rubber that bleeds. The srp simply removed it.

 

[Chris92]

Yes as above I posted an identical pic. It's the black rubber that bleeds. The srp simply removed it.

 

But surely just some shampoo would remove it? Take it you tried that and failed then tried a polish that worked 

[cuprajake]

Shampoo has no cut, depending on how long it's been on the panel etc, you can remove it with a chemical called pre clean. Or a decreased.