Just waxed my car... it actually froze.. will I have scratched my car by rubbing it off?

[matth76 1]

Hi

Cleaned and waxed my car this afternoon today (when it was still sunny) as usual but when I was rubbing off the wax on the roof I found I was rubbing ice off. The wax had obviously frozen in combination with earlier than usual dew. I tried rubbing it all off with a cotton cloth. My question is will I have scratched my roof by rubbing the ice of with a cotton cloth? Unfortunately it's dark now to see but wondered if anyone might know?

Thanks

Matt

[Slim 0]

Haven't you got a torch?

[silverline 0]

i doubt very much ice would scratch the paint work. it would melt before it scratched, unless there was grit in the ice then it might scratch.

[binliner 0]

you'd be surprised how easy it is to scratch paint but Im sure if it has it wont be anything that can't be polished out

[matth76 1]

Cheers guys put my worries at rest. I guess I'll know for sure in the morning... assuming it's sunny enough to melt the ice!

I couldn't tell if it was scratched (not because it was dark...I do have a torch lol) but because the dew had settled which by that time started to freeze straight away. I assume it will be fine.. just a bit paranoid after the other week when I scratched a bit of the paint work...with a chamois leather!

[Nerih 0]

i had some wax like substance that had leaked out of my boot cavity on a mk2, and i took the back of a kitchen sponge to it (the green part) and it made swirl marks in the paint, i agree with justin, its fucking easy to damage this shit.

[silverline 0]

what sort of chamois are you using?!

i always leather mine off after i wash it, i try to wash it once a week this time of year, never had a problem with the chamois scratching the paint work!

[binliner 0]

i took the back of a kitchen sponge to it (the green part) and it made swirl marks in the paint

and you were surprised at that??!!!!!! &|

[badboyV6 4]

i took the back of a kitchen sponge to it (the green part) and it made swirl marks in the paint

and you were surprised at that??!!!!!! &|

pmsl! Fair play nerih, using the scourer aint a good idea on paintwork, unless youve been cooking fryups on it ;-)

[MrBen 0]

I just don't understand - I got some bird poo on my car, so I used an angle grinder to get it off, and now my paintwork is damaged? What did I do wrong?

[mk3anni 0]

I just don't understand - I got some bird poo on my car' date=' so I used an angle grinder to get it off, and now my paintwork is damaged? What did I do wrong?

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Did you use the cutting disk or the grinding disk? I know, I bet you used the disk for working with stone instead of metal.

Easily done.

[silverline 0]

I just don't understand - I got some bird poo on my car' date=' so I used an angle grinder to get it off, and now my paintwork is damaged? What did I do wrong?

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did you forget to use grinding paste?

[seadog 0]

i used a grinding disc to scrape the ice off my windscreen on my 80 quid winter minter polo, worked quite well untill i got in to drive!! hav absolutey fecked the windscreen and this time of year when the suns real low it makes driving quite interestin at times!! %-6

[richievr 1]

my friends mum had bird poo on her bonnet - she used a brillo pad to get it off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

got it off but ni=ow the paint is slightly worse for wear

[binliner 0]

I just don't understand - I got some bird poo on my car' date=' so I used an angle grinder to get it off, and now my paintwork is damaged? What did I do wrong?

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Did you use the cutting disk or the grinding disk? I know, I bet you used the disk for working with stone instead of metal.

Easily done.

fools... everyone knows nitro mors is the stuff for getting bird poo off!

[Buzzark 0]

I just got a few strange looks at work when I burst out laughing.