Oily panel

after working on my gti-r i seem to have got an oil stains on one of my front wings, tried washing it and then polishing with meguairs ultimate liquid wax but the wing still looks dis-coloured, anybody got any special recipes for getting it back to a nice white finish?

G3 paste?

or maybe put some degreaser on it first (swarfega) or something then wash it off and then buff it up with g3 or whatever.....just a thought but im hopeless with cleaning stuff lol

I used some road traffic film remover once and it took every coat of polish the car had ever had on it off, never seen anything like it.Thought I'd killed the paint as it all went streaky but was fine after a couple of washes.

Solvent degreaser or washing thinners when the panel is dry. Any water just acts as a cover.
And solvent and water will just seperate when the touch so it must be dry!!
If your near ish (Kent) I'll donate some.

TurboTom wrote:Solvent degreaser or washing thinners when the panel is dry. Any water just acts as a cover.
And solvent and water will just seperate when the touch so it must be dry!!
If your near ish (Kent) I'll donate some.

Thanks, ill give this a try

Get it from a bodyshop supplier as well, so it's defo panel friendly

I have had the same problem from people working on my car, dont think they relise what a pain it is to remove.

Try autosmarts g1o1 mixed with water works wonders,used this on mine stripped all da wax and oily panels on the car.

No help but next time buy a mechanics wing cover if you do alot of work or just a nice soft sheet seen alot of wings with oil hand prints and small scratches where you lean over to work on engine bay. I just use auto glym resin polish comes straight off.Another tip you probably know but fairy liquid etc is gaurenteed 2 dull painwork some people put it in small amounts in there windscreen washers and dont realise or if they run out of car shampoo to wash there car my neighbour dose it regular his new car paint job looks awful

johnny gtir wrote:No help but next time buy a mechanics wing cover if you do alot of work or just a nice soft sheet seen alot of wings with oil hand prints and small scratches where you lean over to work on engine bay. I just use auto glym resin polish comes straight off.Another tip you probably know but fairy liquid etc is gaurenteed 2 dull painwork some people put it in small amounts in there windscreen washers and dont realise or if they run out of car shampoo to wash there car my neighbour dose it regular his new car paint job looks awful

oh i didnt know that i have some resin polish so ill give that a try, i also bought meguirs ultimate liquid wax but it didnt really do much, nice shine but for the price i paid i was expecting something a bit better, am i suppose to polish it with polish then use the wax?

i knew that with the fairy liquid, on some types of paint it can remove the pigment colour, especially with red.
i was also told that t cut does the same due to some chemical its made with...whether its true or not i just dont know but i dont use it especially on newly painted cars