Egged at -20 C

[BBT]

Some bastard egged my car last night/this morning. It is -20 C here, and going to -29 tonight with windchill over 40 below.

I went to a self-serve wash after work to try and get as much of it off as possible. Most came off but there is still some egg left there.

Now what do I do about the inevitable mark?

Bastard!!!!!!!!!!!

[Silver99SE]

That sucks. Do you have enemies? Since it's so cold maybe it won't damage your clear coat. Hopefully it froze before it could really soak in there.

[sunrunner_pei]

Damn Tom, that sucks hardcore. I say you find the guy and clean it off with his face.

I was going to suggest a spray wash place. Give it a good blast and get as much off as you can. But I guess you already tried that. :(

[BBT]

I dunno why somebody would do it. Just for kicks I guess. And with the temps we have right now, yeah it froze fast. Still lots of shell stuck to the door.

After the wash it didn't look like there was a mark there, but I really won't be able to tell until it warms up a bit - like next Wednesday. I may try the wash again to get the remainder of the egg off the door.

[BBT]

Well, I viewed the car in some nice sunny shine, and there was the impact mark from the egg. Nice round concentric circles where the clear coat got damaged.

BASTARD!!!!!!!

[coupe]

Yeah that happened to me 5 times so far this winter. At 6 am its about 10f to -10f. I suffered and got out my terry cloths ran them under hot water and carwash soap and manualy cleaned up the mess. My hands froze horribly. But it was all i could do.

[Avengence]

Best thing you can do is get some touch up paint for it, and just dab it in the marks.. if you really know what you are doing, you can get a sanding cube (dunno what to call it) but i use it to take off clear coat runs. Then you sand it so you are just sanding the high spots (the touched up spots) and try your best to sand it down to the clears level, then buff it a bit and it should look almost as good as new. Kinda hard to explain how to do it.

[BBT]

Somehow I think this would just make it worse. I dunno. Seems like a lot of work that may, or may not, cover the area. I suspect in my case I would just end up with a lot of scratches. I think the key is your line 'if you really know what you are doing'. Not sure I would. It isn't like filling a hole in my wall at home and sanding down smooth and painting over. That I can do so you can't tell where the hole or crack was. But a shiny car? That's a different critter.

But thanks anyway. I appreciate the suggestion.

[Avengence]

You can always just use touch up paint and leave it, it covers it up so it doesnt stand out so much. And it will keep the area from rusting (if sheet metal is exposed). Thats proably the easiest solution.

[BBT]

Ah no......the paint wasn't broken, just the clearcoat looks cracked. That's why I think the touch up paint would probably make it look worse.