What exactly cuases the hazing/oxidation I have seen on my black Mustang GT? Was it factory overspray? Can it be caused by an automatic car wash?

Yeah I know, supposed to do it all by hand. Well I do at least do the waxing/buffing (McGuires Gold Class) and constantly keep it nice between washes (every weekend) with McGuires detail spray and a California Duster. The white/greyish oxidation/haze areas are only visible during direct sunlight and under other lighting conditions. The paint is a bit rougher around them.

As per the posts I read on the Mustang boards I took a Mother's Clay Bar to it today. That certainly works to clean the haze areas up but was/is alot of work and doesn't do as good a job as I would have thought after reading the posts. Next I tried KIT Scratch Out Scratch & Haze Remover. This is one awesome, awesome product. Apply it as you would a wax, buff it off - no real effort is needed, and haze/oxidation areas are gone with the paint looking beautifull as it should. I cleaned up the hazey areas with that today then used the orbital buffer to apply another coat of Gold Class and buff it - she's looking sharp now. Though that black mirror wet wax look actually works like a wet wax, every damn dust particle within 100 miles is automatically drawn to the car! Grrrr.... Black is beautifull but a pain in the ***.

Earl

 

Black is just one of those colors that is really hard to keep looking like its still straight off the factory line. The hazing in th paint is just something that occurs with time, although Im not sure it should be making your paint look bad this soon. Just try to keep it clean and wax it every few months and that should keep it looking nice. Also, I would recommend taking it to Ford and asking them about it since it is still under warranty, maybe youll end up with a new paint job... Good luck either way.

 

Yup thats why you dont get a black car! I'd take it back to the dealership. My friend bought a 2002 gt and it started to do that. he got a free paint job cuz it was under warranty.. Never take your car to a car wash, unless its by hand. It'll scratch the paint all up and cause those sort of things. Especially on a new car NEVER have it done through an automatic car wash... [sm=badidea.gif]