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 donn
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 10:25 AM |
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should I panic
I went for a drive in bugeye this morning and noticed that it had been egged by some clown(s), worked out that it must have happened late Thursday
night when I went into the beach so now it's dried there like glue, bloke across the road reckons it will stuff the paint, at the moment I have it in
the shed with wet cloths on it to try to soften the egg before removing it.
Should I take any other precautions before I wash it off, that is if the wet cloth does the trick softening the mess and what can I expect to find
when I do clean it off. 
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 10:29 AM |
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I think it does do something to the paint it happened to my car when i first got my ps i was driven along and this car over took and threw one and it
hit the side of my car ut i didnt realise till couple days later and ow the paint looks a bit patchy ther.
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 10:38 AM |
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Happened to me years ago and each hit was like a thousand little cuts in a circular pattern my car then was red and you really noticed it I would not
worry about the goo its the shell that does the damage
Keeping it real !
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 11:44 AM |
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Hiya donn,
Yes, you should panic.
The proteins in egg albumen wreak havoc with most paints. Quite a good "natural" paint stripper actually.
There are a couple of approaches to this problem and theyinvolve warm/hot water. Some say that a 50/50 mix of vinegar and hot water will do the job.
Soak a small towel in this mixture and let it sit on the stain for a half hour or so. Hopefully this loosens the egg and facilitates its removal.
Some substitute detergent for the vinegar. The idea here is that some detergents attack protein based stains. Since an egg is mostly protein this
seems like a workable idea.
And one other approach is to coat the egg splatter with petroleum jelly. This is supposed to rehydrate the egg and loosen it off the surface.
But truthfully, if that egg has been there for a while the paint is probably already damaged.
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 11:46 AM |
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just blooby hose it off man.
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 01:33 PM |
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Bloody hell and bastard, did all of the above, yeah Ian even your tip, thought I had got away with it but when it dried off there was the marks, looks
like it has taken the shine off the surface though it's not something that can be felt and can only be seen in some lights and from some angles,
I'll try a bit of #2 polish see if that helps, bugger, looks like I,v' got to go looking for some egg throwing shit heads and beat them till they
lay a few of their own, mongrells.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 02:46 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by donn
I went for a drive in bugeye this morning and noticed that it had been egged by some clown(s), worked out that it must have happened late Thursday
night when I went into the beach so now it's dried there like glue, bloke across the road reckons it will stuff the paint, at the moment I have it in
the shed with wet cloths on it to try to soften the egg before removing it.
Should I take any other precautions before I wash it off, that is if the wet cloth does the trick softening the mess and what can I expect to find
when I do clean it off.
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I never panic if anything is ON the paint of either of My cars as they are protected by Meguirs car polishes.. waxes etc...
everything just comes OFF the polish/wax...
so nothing can actually get onto the paint itself...
the wet cloth/chamois work excellent on waxed surfaces...
and will eventually work on Your cars paint.. [hopefully]
just keep them wet... but if they are baked into the paint..
I don't know.... maybe scrape them off with a paddle pop stick.... ???
LEE
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 03:52 PM |
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You been eating icecreams again Lee....
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 04:37 PM |
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A finer polish than number 2 cut is a crc product called paint doctor and the finest cut that i know of is a silk stocking with cornflour in it and a
little water.Paint doctor is good at small blemishes and stains see how you go
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 05:08 PM |
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A finer polish than number 2 cut is a crc product called paint doctor and the finest cut that i know of is a silk stocking with cornflour in it and a
little water.Paint doctor is good at small blemishes and stains see how you go
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Well after trying lots of things, none of which seemed to work or are included in the above tips, I spotted a product near my wet stone grinder (used
to put an edge on my timber cuting tools), it is a paste that I use to put a final polish to the edge of my chisels etc, came with the wet grinder and
is used on a leather faced wheel on the grinder, it's working but taking some mighty effort and a sheet load of time, thought I may be taking the
paint off with it but no colour showing on the cloth, but then maybe I'm taking the clear gloss coat off only. Anyway at least the shit heads won't
have the satisfaction of seeing the marks on the paintwork. I win (sorta). I'll gve the "paint doctor" and the corn flour a shot, thanks.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 05:22 PM |
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Is the paint Acrylic laquer, or Two part Urethane Enamel (2 Pak). Is it clear over base (COB) or solid colour?
If it is 2 Pak, solid or COB you wont have much of a problem. It will come off, and a good hard pad cut and a dimple pad finish will do the trick.
If it is acrylic, then there is no repair if it has leached through the paint.
In these situations where an offending matter that damages the paint is involved, waxes offer almost no protection and no special armour if the
offending matter is acidic, caustic or abrasive enough to get through. Waxes are good at protecting against oils.
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 05:47 PM |
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If egg is left on paintwork for any extended length of time no matter what the paint type damage will occur. not just from the shell impact but also
the yoke. In some cases I have seen it remove all layers of paint right down to bare metal. Even if you have a good coat of wax/polish on your car
damage will still occur. I see roughly 3-4 cars a week at work that have have had eggs thrown at them and the disbelief on the owners faces when I
tell them the consequences is one of absolute horror that an egg could do so much damage.
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 06:13 PM |
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Tooth paste will also work as a cutting agent so will talcum powder but these are all for finishiing so not to good.
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 07:37 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by LIFE IN THE LOW LANE
If egg is left on paintwork for any extended length of time no matter what the paint type damage will occur. not just from the shell impact but also
the yoke. In some cases I have seen it remove all layers of paint right down to bare metal. Even if you have a good coat of wax/polish on your car
damage will still occur. I see roughly 3-4 cars a week at work that have have had eggs thrown at them and the disbelief on the owners faces when I
tell them the consequences is one of absolute horror that an egg could do so much damage.
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Do people go round throwing eggs at cars???
is this a normal thing ???
I've never heard of it....
LEE
PS: I wax My cars every week...
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 07:54 PM |
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The 'Paint Doctor' gear is good stuff....My brother-in-law backed his almost new Falcon into a bollard and left a massive green stripe on his
beautiful silver paint.
When I saw it, he hadnt done anything with it, and it had been that way for at least a couple of weeks.
I thought I would be a good brother-in-law and went to the local auto parts joint near where he lives and found the 'Paint Doctor' tube and gave it
a go.
Incredible results!! It took the 'new' green paint from the bollard straight off his panel work and left the factory paint underneath glossy and
like new....with a minimum of effort (always a good thing when it isnt your car and you dont feel like doing any hard work!! )
Sorry to hear about your local knucklehead issue.....people can be so stupid!! GRRRR!!!!! (I thought the price of eggs would deter people from doing this sort of stuff!!)
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 08:54 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by helbus
In these situations where an offending matter that damages the paint is involved, waxes offer almost no protection and no special armour if the
offending matter is acidic, caustic or abrasive enough to get through. Waxes are good at protecting against oils.
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I'm not talking about the cheap under $30 a bottle waxes...
I've found canubra wax protects against any water based material...
Auto Glym also has some excellent polishes...
Lee
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| posted on December 13th, 2009 at 09:27 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
| Quote: | Originally
posted by LIFE IN THE LOW LANE
If egg is left on paintwork for any extended length of time no matter what the paint type damage will occur. not just from the shell impact but also
the yoke. In some cases I have seen it remove all layers of paint right down to bare metal. Even if you have a good coat of wax/polish on your car
damage will still occur. I see roughly 3-4 cars a week at work that have have had eggs thrown at them and the disbelief on the owners faces when I
tell them the consequences is one of absolute horror that an egg could do so much damage.
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Do people go round throwing eggs at cars???
is this a normal thing ???
I've never heard of it....
LEE
PS: I wax My cars every week...
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Yes they do Lee. Bloody idiot year 12 students are some of the worst offenders in their "muck-up week". Around 15 years back I had one dropped on
the car around 4 km along the Cumberland Hwy from Wentworthville and by the time I got back to Meadowbank (half hour) it had crazed the clear coat on
the boot wherever the splattered egg was. A respray on the whole boot was the only fix. Not sure about the paint on the later ones but wouldn't
trust it.
DH
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally
posted by 1500S
Do people go round throwing eggs at cars???
is this a normal thing ???
I've never heard of it....
LEE
PS: I wax My cars every week...
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Yes they do Lee.
Bloody idiot year 12 students are some of the worst offenders in their "muck-up week".
Around 15 years back I had one dropped on the car around 4 km along the Cumberland Hwy from Wentworthville and by the time I got back to Meadowbank
(half hour) it had crazed the clear coat on the boot wherever the splattered egg was. A respray on the whole boot was the only fix.
Not sure about the paint on the later ones but wouldn't trust it.
DH
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YIKES
sounds like the eggs ARE dangerous to Our cars...
looks like We need a
"ONLY Persons over 21 years of age can buy eggs" laws...
LEE
PS: what are they feeding chooks these days... lol
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Yeah, they are out there throwing them at our cars, my daughter in law works at a Coles outlet and says that the number of young kids that come in to
"buy eggs for my mum" is amazing, as there is no law against the purchase of eggs by youguns she warns all those that come through her checkout that
if she finds that her car has been egged she will track them down and do horrible things to them, so far her car has escaped being the target though
purely out of luck as they wouldn't know which car is hers.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
| Quote: | Originally
posted by LIFE IN THE LOW LANE
If egg is left on paintwork for any extended length of time no matter what the paint type damage will occur. not just from the shell impact but also
the yoke. In some cases I have seen it remove all layers of paint right down to bare metal. Even if you have a good coat of wax/polish on your car
damage will still occur. I see roughly 3-4 cars a week at work that have have had eggs thrown at them and the disbelief on the owners faces when I
tell them the consequences is one of absolute horror that an egg could do so much damage.
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Do people go round throwing eggs at cars???
is this a normal thing ???
I've never heard of it....
LEE
PS: I wax My cars every week...
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Sounds Pretty obvious that in Scone Lee not a lot happens if you have never heard of people throwing eggs at stuff cause it happens every other day in
the big smoke LOL
IMO as a professional detailer of 20 odd years experience it doesn't matter what wax you use or how often you use it IF egg ifs left long enough on a
painted surface damage does occur whether from the eggor from shell impact.
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
| Quote: | Originally
posted by 1500S
Do people go round throwing eggs at cars???
is this a normal thing ???
I've never heard of it....
LEE
PS: I wax My cars every week...
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Yes they do Lee.
Bloody idiot year 12 students are some of the worst offenders in their "muck-up week".
Around 15 years back I had one dropped on the car around 4 km along the Cumberland Hwy from Wentworthville and by the time I got back to Meadowbank
(half hour) it had crazed the clear coat on the boot wherever the splattered egg was. A respray on the whole boot was the only fix.
Not sure about the paint on the later ones but wouldn't trust it.
DH
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YIKES
sounds like the eggs ARE dangerous to Our cars...
looks like We need a
"ONLY Persons over 21 years of age can buy eggs" laws...
LEE
PS: what are they feeding chooks these days... lol
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Maybe part of the kids "life skills" at school and home should be how to respect other peopls property and still have a bit of fun. Many parents,
teachers and students have plenty of knowledge but no common sense!
DH
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