Huh. So now what.Follow

A few weeks ago, an unknown substance was sprayed on my car. At the time, I didn't really notice it until I went to get a car wash for my fairly dirty car and the spray pattern of whatever this stuff is didn't come off. So far, it has defied most of my attempts to remove it, and is causing problems with water beading on the left side of my car windows whenever it rains.

Now until today I had no real idea where this spray came from. I was rather annoyed about it, but had no real recourse about it. Today however I happened to park next to a car with identical spots at work. A quick perusal later, I discovered that at least 5 more cars in my work parking lot also have identical spray marks, leading me to believe that the material is some form of plant fertalizer or weed spray sprayed on the bushes that seperate the parking areas.

Now it has been several weeks since they sprayed whatever the hell this stuff is, and i'm somewhat concerned that they will spray it again so I am definitly going to say something about it, but would I be justified in demanding that they figure out how to remove it from my car after this time? The people who did the spraying are co workers in the maintenance division, so I can't really afford to burn too many bridges. But on the other hand i'm still pissed about this.

Have you tried prayer?

Let The Lord into your life for that "Fresh Out Of The Showroom" gleam.

Elephant ****, while an effective insecticide, cannot be removed from painted surfaces by any known means.

Looks like you have a new project on your hands!

Have you tried a clay bar? I've heard of it getting different tree sap and other things off of cars. Just about any automotive place should carry some form of it. Mother's makes a good product but just about any brand will do.

Yeah, its causing a really dense pattern of water beads so i can't see out of it unless i roll the wondow down and back up, then after a short while it turns into annoying beads again.

Maybe it's some form of caricide?

Steelwool and dishsoap.

Edit: For the windows only. Steelwool shouldn't hurt the glass.

Edited, Oct 14th 2008 8:47pm by Yodabunny

Might also be wise to test spot using gasoline on the car body part somplace unseen. While older standard metal car paint is gasoline resistant for obvious reasons, cna't be so sure about new cars or the plastic body parts.