Water spots on vinyl stripes!
#1
Water spots on vinyl stripes!
My 2016 GT came with over the roof stripes, & they have what looks like bad water spots only on the vinyl stripes. There are no water spots on the paint! I'm trying to figure out how to get them off! Any ideas? I'm going to try rubbing them out with tooth paste. I tried doing that & it largely disappeared, but I hope the vinyl doesn't look different where I used toothpaste!
Any ideas? I'm having to rub the water spots of the new vinyl with toothpaste!
Any ideas? I'm having to rub the water spots of the new vinyl with toothpaste!
Last edited by Mr. D; 11-23-2015 at 04:18 AM.
#3
The water spots came on a brand new Mustang with "over the top stripes"! None on the paint, but just on the vinyl stripes. Nothing would take them off until I tried toothpaste as a fine polishing compound. It seems to be working. I don't know if the dealer put them on or the factory. Evidently vinyl is far more susceptible to water spots than paint.
#4
Those stripes are factory installed, not a dealer option. It's possible that in transport the stripes were spotted by rain, or the dealer cleaned the car and left it drying in the sun before delivery with water drops on the stripes.
#5
I think cars have plastic on them from the time they leave the factory to the time they are delivered. There were no water spots at all on the paint, & they don't look like regular water spots. I wonder if something wasn't dropped on the stripes a long the way. THANKS TO FORD I had to spend a few hours using toothpaste as a fine rubbing compound to reduce the marks without hurting the stripes! I finally got it to the point it's not noticeable except a little out line of the water mark under florescent lighting. It's irritating to "pay extra" to Ford to give me a problem to deal with, but I don't want to take the chance of getting the stripes replaced & have even worse damage done to the car by a Ford body shop! As recommended by a poster I put a layer of wax on the stripes, but not the paint as it is new. Oh well, I stopped restoring cars because I get a little obsessive about everything staying perfect... & it doesn't!
Last edited by Mr. D; 11-25-2015 at 04:50 AM.
#6
I think cars have plastic on them from the time they leave the factory to the time they are delivered. There were no water spots at all on the paint, & they don't look like regular water spots. I wonder if something wasn't dropped on the stripes a long the way. THANKS TO FORD I had to spend a few hours using toothpaste as a fine rubbing compound to reduce the marks without hurting the stripes! I finally got it to the point it's not noticeable except a little out line of the water mark under florescent lighting. It's irritating to "pay extra" to Ford to give me a problem to deal with, but I don't want to take the chance of getting the stripes replaced & have even worse damage done to the car by a Ford body shop! As recommended by a poster I put a layer of wax on the stripes, but not the paint as it is new. Oh well, I stopped restoring cars because I get a little obsessive about everything staying perfect... & it doesn't!
Last edited by Csrt4to5.0gt; 11-25-2015 at 09:36 AM.
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