my bonnet is ruined

Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:08 pm

I have my car garaged always and 95% of the time
there is a cover over it also.

I took the cover off yesterday and was going to put the cover back
on it again today when i noticed that there are little pieces of steel or
iron filings that must have blown off the workbench in the garage.

Im afraid to just wash them off for fear of scratching
the bonnet if i take a sponge to it.
Any ideas?

Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:09 pm

just hose it down

Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:10 pm

IMO lift them off with a magnet if possible, otherwise dab them with a sticky surface like the sticky side of masking take.

Go very slow take your time and apply no sideways motion or pressure at all!

best ask a pro first tho.

Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:14 pm

march109 wrote: best ask a pro first tho.

do you get professional metal filings from car body specialists? and if you do where would you find one this late on a saturday

just blow them of or hose it down

Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:22 pm

hoover?

Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:29 pm

I'd open the bonnet a bit and hose it down with lots of water at low pressure. It should all just run off the front edge. If there's loads of dust on there, start at the front (lower) end of the bonnet so you don't have loads of dust suspended in the water at once.

Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:32 pm

Have tried to just hose them off already but that didnt budge the little critters.
Maybe if i can get a pressure washer at them it might get them off.
i like the idea of stickey tape, will try that one, cheers lads

Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:36 pm

Ouch, so they are embedded in the paint? Now I see the problem

You might be able to use one of those sticky suit cleaning rollers - most dry cleaners have them.

Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:43 pm

I like the hoover idea. Just get the extendable bit and make sure when you put it down you cover it so it causes a vacume (or makes the hoover roar... you know, like when you accidently catch skin

) That ought to get the little buggers!!

Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:14 pm

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Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:10 pm

hubble1990 wrote:maxfield. Where did you get the katate chicken clip from?? - superb

browsing t'internet

Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:37 pm

get a hoover...

Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:44 pm

i think you can buy a lump of clay designed for removing industrial fallout and since fallout is sometimes metal particles it might do the trick. only thing is i have no idea what its called or where to buy it

if its gone rusty it will more than likely have bit into the paint so it might just be easier to get it buffed and polished

Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:29 am

detailing caly is desgined to be rubbed across the surface and is what he is trying to avoid

get some blu tack and play with it a bit untill its quite eticky and then dab at it, or try and pick them out with your fingernail, if thoise fail then try and get them buffed out, a picture would help, preferable the rough size too, are they quite large or more of a fine dust?

Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:59 pm

meguiars do the clay shit

Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:00 pm

i would just wash it an polish it up tbh

Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:08 pm

Use a hoover with a soft brush head, working slowly around the bonnet. After that, the bluetak/clay/sticky tape solution should take up the remainder.