What kinds of things will ruin a cars paint job????

Question

like bologna or silly string

Answer 1

Eggs, shaving cream, some bird crap, some bugs, alot of the engine and brake cleaners will hurt paint, gasoline

Answer 2

Silly string, eggs, nail polish remover, bird dung, non-water-based paints.

Pretty much anything acidic will do it over time (leaves left on for months at a time will eat it away).

Leaving a car out in the sun also oxidizes the paint and makes it wear quicker.

Answer 3

Silly String does it will ruin the paint

Answer 4

Elephants walking on it, children roller blading over it, the sand from a sand storm in the desert, and believe it or not, something as innocent as sunshine.

Add to that acid rain, salt from the roads in bad weather...and the list goes on. Keep it clean and waxed for best results.

Answer 5

Sitting in the deep south sun for long periods of time ,egg like from Halloween time brake fluid being spilled on it. Most harsh chemicals will do something!

Answer 6

if you go mudding and afterward scrape the mud off with you hands, the mud will leave small scratches that are only noticeable in at a certain angle. rubbing anything against the paint would some kind of scratch.

Answer 7

solvents
sunlight
proteins such as in foods like eggs, etc
some fuels,


billions of other things


even my foot can ruin a paint job

i mean come on, anything that can damage it can ruin it

good luck,.

Answer 8

Once I thought I'd use a dish scratch pad to get the tar off the sides OOPS!!! don't do that. When it was wet it looked great, but once it dried you could see all the scratches I'd made.

Answer 9

Eggs, Bird Droppings, Salt (for those of us in the snowy areas)

Answer 10

Using dish soap to wash it.Takes the paint off.