Handprints on Paint (sun cream)

[SC03OTT]

Hi all. Looking for a bit of advice. My wife's car has two handprints on one of the doors from where one of the kids has touched it when they had sun cream on. Is there any way to hide them? I don't want to go to great lengths to remove them as the car is being handed back in a few weeks, I just want to temporarily hide them until the car is someone else's problem.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks

 

[Inequality Street]

I don't think there is an easy way to do this.

 

[SC03OTT]

Might just not bother washing it then. Hide them that way.

 

[JamesBryan]

Solvent based cleaner will shift it. Tar and glue remover or petrol followed by a wash.

 

[mace¬]

My wife's car has two handprints on one of the doors from where one of the kids has touched it when they had sun cream on. Is there any way to hide them?

karen Matthews used the base of a Divan bed.
Jozef Fritzl used a basement.
But probably best messaging the McCanns they did a really good job.

 

[Crybert]

I would assume an APC would shift it? It's just sun cream after all? Or am I missing something

 

[imprezaworks]

Tcut?

 

[Bluebeard]

Suncream goes through the lacquer, you will never remove it completely. I know this, I have two massive ones on the back wing of my wife's car! Lol
A good machine polish followed with a good wax will hide it for 6 months though.

 

[SC03OTT]

Hmm, right. Might go with the not washing it option then and hope for the best. Hopefully it's raining when it's collected.

 

[imprezaworks]

Paint cleanser.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=591309

 

[Bluebeard]

Hmm, right. Might go with the not washing it option then and hope for the best. Hopefully it's raining when it's collected.

If they're not too bad, a quick going over with regular car polish will hide it for a week or so.
Ideal if you're handing it back to a lease company etc.

 

[Sean Murray]

If you have access to a da or something and some decent compound like scholl s20 or s3 gold xxl put some on a polish pad and hit the affected area , will take you 5 minutes.

 

[Gally]

If you have access to a da or something and some decent compound like scholl s20 or s3 gold xxl put some on a polish pad and hit the affected area , will take you 5 minutes.

No it won't.

Listen to Daniel. Like make up suncream has certain ingredients that eat in to lacquer for some reason. You can flatten and polish till your bored but it will come back.

It's not a normal stain it's mental how it does it to the lacquer. Always fascinated me.

 

[ilovewilly]

Maybe @Ant1's detailer uses sun cream as a final sealant in anticipation of the lamp inspection.

 

[Sean Murray]

Ok then. Well I had sun cream marks on my previous car and I never noticed it returning once I used s3 gold, plus I see this regularly at work and remove them the same way and not seen them return.

 

[Louis]

Ok then. Well I had sun cream marks on my previous car and I never noticed it returning once I used s3 gold, plus I see this regularly at work and remove them the same way and not seen them return.

Are you Stevie Wonder?

 

[Sean Murray]

Haha just saying what I have noticed, I agree they are a pain in arse but I'm just saying they are not impossible to remove that's all.

 

[Norris_309]

I've got them around the doors of my silver golf... wondered for ages what was causing the cloudy hand & finger prints.
As said above, just a normal polish (I used some AG super resin I think) this made the marks a lot less obvious, but they do come back after a while, so should be ok for what you need.

 

[SC03OTT]

An update for any who's interested. Just used some SRP and they've hidden them. So job done. Of course I'd forgotten about the deeper scratches from the bike carrier (which was used against my advice) so hopefully the guy doesn't notice them. Used some SRP as well but they're still visible but IMO fit their acceptable damage guidelines (i.e. Not down to the metal).

Also hoping my wife takes better car of the new motor she picked up at the weekend as well (she has stated the bike carrier won't be going on this one, thank Christ).