Jeff,
I can sympathize with you as i have had it happen to me when i used to work
at a body shop. The reason the paint was damaged must have been because your
car was hot and soft when the sprinkler struck. A customer with a Jag would
come back periodically to have the "sprinkler" stains removed. Somewhere I
got the impression that you have Laquer paint. Since you have laquer you
with have to tough it out as laquer is is a reversable product which means
that heat (Sun)can reflow or soften the laquer and that is why it buffs up
so nice and many people used to use it for show vehicles. An acrylic
urethane is a much more durable finish and resists staining much better but
takes more skill to apply and is much more difficilut to repair and defects
in the original spray because generally it is a little tougher to polish. If
you have laquer keep it heavility waxed and don't let sprinkler water land
on it as it is typically HARD water with all kinds of bad minerals in it.
Rain on the other hand is soft water and generally is not hard on paint
unless there is a very very high concentration of polution and you get acid
rain (Rain with all of the bad minerals). The sun is the main culprit so try
to park in the shade and wax your car up with a good quality car wax like
Zano Bros or McGuires.
Regards,
Tim
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> Hi Tim,
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> Thanks for the note - the spots are still there and no "natural"
> forces
> are going to fix this problem, in my opinion.
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> The thing that really ticks me off is that the water had not even
> dried
> on the surface when I seen this happen. And the water was only on the
> car no more than 3-4 minutes before I wiped it dry.
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> It's to the point that I am afraid to leave the car outside at all;
> what
> happens if it rains - Is the entire car's paint going to be ruined?
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> just very frustrating ... I've put a lot of $ and time in this car and
> something like this happens.
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> thanks,
> jeff
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