Removing dried in egg from paint

Midnight Blue

Midnight Blue

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One of the members of my Mustang Club was showing me his 2012 Mustang GT that recently had eggs thrown at it from kids in his neighborhood. While he doesn't know exactly who did this several other cars were also targeted and sustained paint damage from the eggs.

As soon as he saw what happened he took the car to a car wash and also tried to clean it as best he could with his limited knowledge and supplies.

He was able to remove most of the dried in egg but you can see and feel it on the paint on his front fenders. I tried using a mild polish and also a scratch remover after our club meeting with minimal results.

I would like to try an adhesive remover or mild paint solvent to see if I can soften the dried in egg before polishing and waxing his fender.

Has anyone had experience in removing dried in egg on a cars finish? I'd be interested to see what others have done to remove the egg from the paint.

Midnight Blue
 
Midnight Blue said:
One of the members of my Mustang Club was showing me his 2012 Mustang GT that recently had eggs thrown at it from kids in his neighborhood. While he doesn't know exactly who did this several other cars were also targeted and sustained paint damage from the eggs.

As soon as he saw what happened he took the car to a car wash and also tried to clean it as best he could with his limited knowledge and supplies.

He was able to remove most of the dried in egg but you can see and feel it on the paint on his front fenders. I tried using a mild polish and also a scratch remover after our club meeting with minimal results.

I would like to try an adhesive remover or mild paint solvent to see if I can soften the dried in egg before polishing and waxing his fender.

Has anyone had experience in removing dried in egg on a cars finish? I'd be interested to see what others have done to remove the egg from the paint.

Midnight Blue
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When you used the mild polish, was it by hand or machine?
 
This happened at 9:30 PM after our club meeting. I'm the detail guy they all go to for advice or to have me work on their cars. I used Griot's One-Step which is a mild polish and paint sealant and also tube of scratch remover. Both products were applied by hand.

I told my friend that I would have better results using my Griot's Orbital Polisher which we will be doing in a week or so when he is back in town from a business trip.

The more I thought about this the more I thought about using an adhesive remover or a mild paint solvent to soften the dried in egg before using my machine buffer. There I would use my various Griot's Machine Polishes starting with a mild polish and gradually working up to a more aggressive polish to remove the residue of the egg from the finish.

Midnight Blue
 
I wonder if claying it would help any. Seems like it would atleast take off some of the residue, especially if you can feel it. I've never had to take off egg though, so it might not work at all :S
 
Backcountry said:
I wonder if claying it would help any. Seems like it would atleast take off some of the residue, especially if you can feel it. I've never had to take off egg though, so it might not work at all :S
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I would clay the car first before even using the adhesive remover or the light paint solvent. I've always believed in using the least invasive methods first.

The paint solvent I am using is called Acry-Solv and is used by body shops to remove wax, silicone, grease, tar, sealer, undercoating, adhesives, etc.

Since the area on the car that is affected is rather small I would use my Griot's 3" Orbital Polisher. My experience using the Griot's Orbital Polishers along with their machine polishes, waxes and sealants has been very good in taking out scratches and swirl marks and even in restoring the color back into faded vinyl stripes on a Shelby GT.

Midnight Blue
 
Take a micro fiber soaked in a bucket of warm soapy water and wring it out a little, but leave it fairly wet. Lay it on the offending spot to soak it. After some time it should soften and loosen it up. I would also maybe try a little bug and tar remover to pre-treat. I have had excellent results with the method above for baked on god knows how old tree sap.
 
Thanks for the information guys! :dblthumb2:

I want to be super careful because this is a new car and I don't want to cause any additional damage to the paint. The Acry-Solv is a pretreat bug and tar remover which is used in high end body shops. I used to be an independent rep for Crest Products and their products are very highly regarded within the industry.

I will try the warm, soapy water treatment to see if that softens the dried in egg.

When and if I get a chance to repair these two dried in egg spots on his car I'll photo document each procedure and post them on the forum.

Midnight Blue
 
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