r/cardetailingtips

Hi! I left my car at a hand car wash and picked it up, in the dark couldn’t see but after few days noticed these spots. I tried cleaning them with water and microfiber cloth as well as some cleaning chemicals and they wouldnt go away.

Is this paint damage or can it be cleaned off? I dont feel any bumps or difference to paint with my nail/finger, but they are colorful like oil and wont come off at all.

I use manual contactless car washes often and it doesn’t seem like its left over from drying water but I could be wrong.

Could you help me identify whats going on here? Thanks!

What are these white spots on the car and how can I get rid of them ? Is this something I can diy myself ?

Why are there little reddish brown spots appearing on the top of my windshield in my car? More appear as time goes on specifically on the driver side. There are none on the right.

As you can see some are on the rearview mirror and collision prevention ez pass center pieces.

How to get rid, prevent? It’s not due to tint. Actually happened in my last car with no tint too.

TYIA

Hi everyone! I was cleaning my car today (2019 cadillac xt5) and this small open compartment is peeling pretty badly, all the felt is peeling down to the plastic and the look is really bothering me. Also, I always put my lip liner and sharpener there because I usually retouch it wherever I go, so there’s lip liner stuck to the sides. I tried seeing if I could find some plastic lining, but had no luck. Does anyone have any advice? Tried finding adhesive felt lining, but I’m not too experienced with that and I’m scared I’ll mess it up since it’s front and center of the car.

Took the sticker off but it left a rectangle residue, it is not sticky at all just a cosmetic thing I would like to clean off. What can I use that won’t mess up the cloth?

It might be hard to see, but my son smeared his cake pop all over the seat frosting got down into the little cooling vents on the seat. Does anyone have an experience getting these holes cleaned out? I was thinking using a steamer to heat it up and then wiping it out, but didn't know if it would damage the leather or components inside the seat. Thanks!

This happened, a lit cigarette touched the roof near the sun visor.

So now, what am I looking at? Is this roof surface done for good? Or are there fixes that could disguise what happened.

I have a bottle of that stuff that I just purchased because someone came by my house and used it on my Toyota. It was in worse shape and I thought I’d risk it. Is it a good move to use it here?
Thanks

Was borrowing a car, hit a tree branch at about 30mph. This car is a lease, maybe 2 years left.

I initially thought it was just the front but it goes down the side as well. They seem to disappear with water, which Google says it’s the clear coat only and can be polished out.

The big problem is, that there is a “rock chip” on the front side. Seems it’s already rusting. I assume it’s related.

What is the best thing to do? DIY? Does anyone have experience with leases and how they handle scratches and rock chips?

Hi everyone! Back a few months ago I purchased this used car. It is salvaged so it was bought from a company insurance. However, i bought it with this thing stuck on the back NOT knowing what it meant. Soooo now that i asked google what it meant, i would LOVE to get it removed lmaooo.

Just purchased this car last week and noticed the water beading up. Wondering if it looks like this car has ceramic coating on it? The paint is frozen metallic

Literally no idea what happened to my seat, but the leather appears to have dried out or something. Any advice? I tried rubbing some leather moisturizer but no dice.

I know "black cars get dirtier easier." But let me give some examples of what I'm dealing with. 2 days after I clean it at the self-use power-wash stations: I'm at work, parked next to *other black cars*, it rains a little, All the other cars looks fine/normal. But mine is Immediately as bad as it could possibly be.

Not only that, I'll park on the road, and the mist from the water of my neighbor's sprinklers that don't even reach my car hit it, and in the morning it's also completely speckled.

And it's not just water problems, I'll park in the garage next to my sister's black car, and after a few days, my car is coated in dust. And her's looks totally clean. And all she does is take it through a car wash every week.

I got this car just a few months ago, and when I got it the paint was pretty faded, like it's just been siting in the sun for a year. So I spent like $200 on beauty products, and 5 hours of labor fixing it:

"Clean slate" surface cleanser wash.

Clay bar.

Meguiar's ultimate compound.

Meguiar's polish

Meguiar's wax

I love the car(c6 corvette), but it's so sad walking out to it and it looking like the owner doesn't take car of it, like it's been rotting in a barn for years. Not to mention how annoying it is when everyone else assumes I never even wash it. Seeing words and such drawn in the dust when I see it.

*TLDR:*

is there some kind of "anti-water" and/or "anti-dust" wax you'd recommend? Or some way I could apply it without it building static electricity all throughout it? Or some way to get rid of the static?

I'm not tryna buy some $200 buffer just to use it once, I already have a bunch of microfiber cloths.