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      11-09-2014, 10:49 AM   #1
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Paint contamination

I'm trying to clean up my wife's Alpine White X5. In the first picture you can see tiny little spots that looks almost like rust and then the second picture shows where the white bumper has turned to off-color. It's a diesel, so it could be soot/carbon

Going over with a clay bar didn't work. Used Meguiars ultimate compound (applied by hand don't have a polisher) that didn't work either.
I've ordered a bottle of IronX, but not sure if that will take care of this.





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      11-09-2014, 12:53 PM   #2
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      11-09-2014, 01:22 PM   #3
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Fixed. They didn't upload the first time.
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Fixed. They didn't upload the first time.
Sorry, didn't mean that... Haha, meant let us know what you do to get this corrected lol.


Did you try Iron X, Polishing?


I actually have some of these on the front of my F80, I am getting it detailed/ Coated. Hopefully they will disappear
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      11-09-2014, 03:42 PM   #5
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That's the suck thing about owning a white car.

You need to use more pressure with the clay bar, it will come off.
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      11-09-2014, 03:54 PM   #6
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Just washed my m3 and found what looks to be the same orange spots. It took about 50 passes before these little suckers came off. Some took more effort than others.

Anyone know what these are?
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      11-09-2014, 05:09 PM   #7
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It's iron contaminating your paint. Comes from brakes, industrial fallout, etc.

Then it rusts.

Definitely a bane of white cars.
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Thanks everyone. Will use IronX on it next weekend and let you know the results.
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      11-10-2014, 06:53 AM   #9
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Iron X works like a champ.
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this s*** was all over the rear of my e92 bumper after a track weekend. my detail guy was always able to bring it back to new though
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Same here. It's much worse if you park near airports (I worked near DAL) and/or track (lots of brake dust and rotor dust)

It's heaviest behind the wheels and on the rear bumper, also the trailing edges of the front fenders.

I needed to do three passes of Iron X to get it where it wasn't turning purple anymore. Then I clayed after to really get that crap out.
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      11-12-2014, 05:16 AM   #12
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On a DD I use Iron X as part of regular washings so that crap doesn't keep building up. Makes it waaaaay easier.

Better living through chemistry!
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