I think I ruined my racing stripe (tree sap)
7/28/16, 07:37 AM
#21
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https://imgur.com/a/hF7TK
So this is before I tried the WD40 treatment which is why this smudge is so bad. The WD40 did remove most of them, but a couple of them left smudges. Almost all of them left "rings" but they're harder to see, I think I can get those off with clay or DA. I have about 3 smudges like this after trying WD40 and it's probably from my excessive rubbing... I definitely went about this wrong
So this is before I tried the WD40 treatment which is why this smudge is so bad. The WD40 did remove most of them, but a couple of them left smudges. Almost all of them left "rings" but they're harder to see, I think I can get those off with clay or DA. I have about 3 smudges like this after trying WD40 and it's probably from my excessive rubbing... I definitely went about this wrong
You can't treat vinyl like you do paint. A DA would damage the vinyl faster than the WD40 did. If you put regular wax on the stripe it will most likely lose the matte look but it won't do much for the scuff marks. Once you scratch / scuff vinyl you can't really fix it like you can paint.
Sap is VERY bad for paint or vinyl, etc... any surface. Never park under trees. In some cases sap is worse the bird doo doo.
Either live with the damage, or replace the stripe.
7/30/16, 04:05 PM
#22
FYI - When I get tree sap on my factory matte stripes, just a little rubbing alcohol on a rag and the pitch dissolves then wipes away in just a few seconds. No damage to the stripes.
7/30/16, 07:57 PM
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