what will DAMAGE CAR PAINT?

Question

we all know of eggs and shaving cream.. but.. theres got to be more..
lol long story

Answer 1

Mr. T has the best answer, but I would also as brake dust and gasoline as car paint killers.

I actually saw a neighbor of mine put Gasoline on his car to remove brake dust and within a couple of weeks, all of the paint was chipping off of his car.

Answer 2

Instead of going into what will damage your paint, i.e. even rain since much of it near industrial centers contains acid,(hence the term "acid rain") I will tell you how to protect it. WAX. Wash and wax your paint on a regular basis. If you go to my 360 site you can see a recent picture of my nine year old bike. Yep, paint looks like new since the paint has actually never been subject to any abuse! Just the cheap coat of wax takes the beating, and gets replaced on a regular basis.

And an egg won't hurt your paint if you get it off quickly. Shaving cream don't hurt my face, and I use it every day. Never had it on my paint so I can't make a specific comment on it. Tree sap is your worst enemy. Pine sap will even get through an older coat of wax. Carbonated soda is a killer. Pepsi or Coke and the other like them will eat your clear coat right up.

But if you take the time to look, you will see it is easier to save your paint than to worry about what will damage it. (Unless you are looking to get even with someone who has done you a bad thing.) If that is the case, you do what the idiot's down here do. Just "key" it. Don't matter if they wax until they get blisters. Key just cuts right through it all.

Hope you are more interested in saving your paint than in ruining someone elses. Stick with the paste wax. A can lasts me over two years. (For the bike, that is.) Every three or four months strip the old coat, and apply a nice thick new coat. That's why my paint, at nine years old, is not faded or chipped. And gets many comments on it's appearance. People don't believe it's nine years old! I have to show them the build tag with the date of manufacture. Then they accuse me of having it repainted. Nope. Origional factory paint.

Hope this helped you a bit, although I did not go through the litany of what can actually damage your paint. That would take up way too much bandwidth to send if I mentioned everything! And in passing, just the oil from your hands can discolor or mar your paint. Look around the door handles of some older cars. Take care, Ciao!

Answer 3

relies upon on the paint. Polyurethane paint is the ideal to guard the motor vehicle yet issues collectively with paint thinner, photograph voltaic, warmth, paint remover, acetone, lacquer thinner, lacquer based paints, brake fluid are in simple terms some!

Answer 4

Lacquer Thinner
Brake Fluid
Battery Acid
Heat/Flame
Sun
Fertilizer
Salt
Other Paint
Mustard
Bird Poop

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Answer 5

Acid rain, pigeon pee and poo is stronger than birds. Washing car with dish detergent and sun bakes it in will oxidize paint and anything having acid in it

Answer 6

bologna left on overnite bad on the paint and the birds only make it worse

Answer 7

nail polish remover is suppose to, but brake fluid does a real good job for sure

Answer 8

everything will harm the paint

Answer 9

acid rain

Answer 10

ALOT of stuff.