Dirty roof found while correcting

[Nickfire20]

I have been doing a full detail and paint correction on my wifes car the past few days. Today was correcting the drivers side and roof. The driver side went well, (3 step correction), doing just a single pass on the roof with orange pad etc... after a very small area on the roof, i stopped to brush out the pad and found this.

I had washed the vehicle last night, waterless wash today and clay mitt before the correction.

Mind you it has been over a year since its last wash, it has never been corrected, is outside 24/7 and a daily driver.

 

So 1) has anyone ever seen a car this bad before, if so all insight is invited.

And 2) can pads go in the washing machine? I've cleaned it twice by hand with APC and Microfiber revitalizer and its still a little rough (second pic)

[DetailedbyTate]

I have questions

 

1. What is the car?

2. What color is the car?

3. As the car had any paint work?

 

Yes you can wash pads in the washing machine. Avoid hot water and high dry temps.

[Beemer]

Looks to me like the roof was repainted with single-stage paint. Is the pad the same color as the paint?

[Nickfire20]

Interesting stuff.

 

The car is a dark metallic blue, i dont think it has been repainted, I will ask. (EDIT-no known repaints) wife is original owner, she had it when we met.

 

Could the clear coat be gone? Never seen any peeling though

 

It is a 2006 Honda CRV suv.

 

Here is a pic

Edited August 5, 2017 by Nickfire20

[8675309'SS]

It looks like you put that pad on the grill! I got nothing; but I do love a good mystery...

[Nickfire20]

It looks like you put that pad on the grill! I got nothing; but I do love a good mystery...

Haha, me too. And no grilling today, made pizza in the house just after finishing this ugly roof

[DetailedbyTate]

I would bet if the roof has no been repainted some form of over spray landed on it over time. What is strange is that the hood or any other horizontal panels didn't have that.

[Nickfire20]

Very interesting....should i try to buff it all off?

 

The hood, was pretty quick and easy even with 3 step, and no dirt/paint at all.

 

When i used sealant on the roof, it looks like the pad got a little dirty also. And before the sealant my white towel, that i used for the alcohol wipe down got some black on it.

 

Very interesting....hmmmm.

[falcaineer]

Wow, Nick, that's nuts! What isn't clear is what polish(es) you used. And did the clay have any sort of similar residue on it?

[DetailedbyTate]

If you don't mind saying what does your wife do for a living does she work in an office building or more of an industrial part of town?

[Nickfire20]

Ok....

 

I used adams pad, and griots orange correcting cream

I used adams clay mitt, rinsed it under the sink afterwards, just some light dirt and pink DS came out.

She has always worked where she had open parking lot, parking, except for the last 6-8 months, her new job has her in a regular parking garage.

I should also mention, her old house...she usually parked under a tree.

[DetailedbyTate]

I wonder if something is falling or dripping from the ceiling in the parking garage. You might want to keep an eye in it.

[BrianT]

If it is in fact dirt, it needs to come off before you continue. Try some APC and a utility towel and see what happens.

[astro-jason]

Does it have a roof rack and did you run the buffer over it?

 

-Jason

[mc2hill]

Does it have a roof rack and did you run the buffer over it?

 

-Jason

 

or a sunroof?  It could be transfer from the rubber .

[Nickfire20]

Ok we may be getting somewhere. I want to thank everyone for their assistance with this mystery, here are a couple pics i took today in the daylight. I did APC the roof rails, it does not have the cross members. I did VRT the rails and the rubber seal around the sunroof, 3-4 hours before polishing. I did go over the sunroof while polishing. I did not touch the luggage rails.

 

Are we thinking dirt from the rubber transferred?

[joelilton23]

It looks like rubber transfer off the sunroof seal. Try a bit of tyre and rubber cleaner on a microfibre towel and see if you get the same style of black residue? I had similar residue come off my side door seals as they had never been cleaned before I got my car.

 

The paint looks great btw - how did you find the Honda paint to work with? 

[Nickfire20]

It looks like rubber transfer off the sunroof seal. Try a bit of tyre and rubber cleaner on a microfibre towel and see if you get the same style of black residue? I had similar residue come off my side door seals as they had never been cleaned before I got my car.

 

The paint looks great btw - how did you find the Honda paint to work with?

 

Ok sounds good, i will do that.

 

Thanks for the compliment, i only did 1 pass/1 step on the roof.

3 step everywhere else.

 

For the paint, this is only my second vehicle, and i have only used my DA a handful of times...but i found honda paint much easier to correct, than my brand new tahoe. The honda is 11 years old and was in very bad shape. So i don't know if age helps us or hinders us. Or if its truly the manufacturer.

Edited August 7, 2017 by Nickfire20

[mc2hill]

Are we thinking dirt from the rubber transferred?

 

This^^^^^

 

I recommend taping rubber trim to avoid this.  You can clean it all you want, but you will always get the transfer when you polish the rubber (ask me how I know  )