Re: Stained 3M
Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
So my girlfriend's fairly new 3M (August) got a stain on it from something, no idea what. It looks like a brownish/copperish liquid dripped down the hood (kind of looks like varnish?). Anyways it came off her paint and bumper plastic with a little elbow grease no problem, but everywhere that it contacted the 3M seemed to leave a permanent stain. I believe whatever it is was oil based judging by how it repelled water when I was cleaning it off other parts. It looked kind of oily, and has a sheen to it like when you see oil in a puddle of water in a parking lot.
My feeling is that someone probably walked by her car on day and dripped something on the hood. I really don't think it's a natural substance like from a tree or something.
I've tried using a variety of products on it, with no luck whatsoever. The only thing I haven't done is used anything with an abrasive in it because it will probably wreck the 3M.
Any suggestions on how to get a stain like this out assuming it hasn't chemically altered the 3M? Plan B I guess is going to the Honda dealer that installed it and asking them to warranty it through 3M because I think 3M has a stain/discoloration warranty but I am not 100% sure on that one.
I had 3M on a white car (4 years old) and it was naturally discolouring a little. I had a paint correction done and Jed (mobile reflections) was able to get ~80% of the discolouration worked out. As for warranty I know Xpel has it for 10 years, not so sure about the 3M.
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