 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  06-18-2008, 02:39 PM | #1 | | Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 46 |  Cleaning the car in a bad neighborhood...
One day I went out to my car to go to work and I saw ketchup, what looked like mayonaise, and pieces of eggshells strewn about my passenger headlight area, and around the bumper and hood in the general vicinity. Kind of like someone ate a hamburger, didnt like it, and threw it from his 2nd story apartment onto my car. And then egged it.
Ok... so a day later, the mayo turns into sort of a rubber cement consistency. A 5 dollar car wash (costs 8 dollars now) did absolutely nothing, and its still sticky. Its also not white anymore, it turned a yellowish clear color
Anyone have ideas on what this is and how to get rid of it? I guess Ill post a pic later when I get home or something. Or not because its pretty gross.
-Conan |  |  | | 06-18-2008, 05:31 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Long Beach area Posts: 1,189 |
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Coming sometime in the future:...SCed 2.1...new (to me) car mod maybe?...all in one car | | | | | 06-18-2008, 06:39 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Waco/Austin, TX Posts: 233 |
I had someone throw a package of raw chicken at my car when i used to live in a bad neighborhood. I had no discoloration, but i had to scrub it very very hard. Hope you get it out __________________ 1997 318ti Schwarz II
FB | | | | | 06-18-2008, 07:42 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 340 |
mayonnaise consists of egg yolk, sometimes eggwhites (that's the worst part, it's like glue when it dries), lots of oil, and a little bit of vinegar.
vinegar is your best bet to re-suspend the solution and hopefully it will dissolve right off.
Vinegar can also be used to treat hard-water stains, and is often referred to as an "acid bath" by fancy detailing shops that will charge $40 for it.
after you suspend the solution and rinse it off, give it a good polish and wax.
good luck! __________________ 
1/1997 M44 ti M-Sport Schwartz II | | | | | 06-18-2008, 09:56 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
you really should have cleaned it off as soon as you noticed it, good luck getting it off, post your story here: http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22478, we're doing it too help out a member with a court case | | | | | 06-18-2008, 10:06 PM | #6 | | Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 46 |
How is an online forum going to help with a court case?? I am really curious and would like to know more....
And raw chicken???? I think thats worse than ketchup and mayo haha
-Conan | | | | | 06-18-2008, 10:09 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
Quote: Originally Posted by ConMasta  How is an online forum going to help with a court case?? I am really curious and would like to know more.... | not sure exactly, it's the guys wife who's doing it, we're just trying to help out however we can, I might be able to answer the question if I knew what happened but apparently posting about it in a public forum could hurt his case, we prolly won't find out until the end of summer | | | | | 06-18-2008, 11:41 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 3,212 |
Quote: Originally Posted by tiFreak not sure exactly, it's the guys wife who's doing it, we're just trying to help out however we can, I might be able to answer the question if I knew what happened but apparently posting about it in a public forum could hurt his case, we prolly won't find out until the end of summer | Lets just say it could help out his case. But yeah he'll let us know for sure when its over. But yea i don't live in the best neighborhood myself, I have eggs thrown at my car once but i was able to rinse if off. I would try the vineger idea if i was you. | | | | | 06-19-2008, 02:48 AM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
Add in a 50/50 ratio, white vinegar to hot water. Dunk a towel in the mixture, then set the towel on the spot for ~10 minutes. This should soften it up enough to remove it. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 06-19-2008, 05:50 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 |
Quote: Originally Posted by naustin I had someone throw a package of raw chicken at my car when i used to live in a bad neighborhood. I had no discoloration, but i had to scrub it very very hard. Hope you get it out | im sry for this... but LMAO  , not at you but at the fact that someone actually threw a chicken at someone's car. i mean. come on. WTF, who does that?? lol.... stupid ppl in the world. and i could've deep fried that chicken instead of it being wasted. lol. hope you dont think i was laughing at you btw, just cracking up at the fact it was done. Quote: Originally Posted by blndweasel mayonnaise consists of egg yolk, sometimes eggwhites (that's the worst part, it's like glue when it dries), lots of oil, and a little bit of vinegar.
vinegar is your best bet to re-suspend the solution and hopefully it will dissolve right off.
Vinegar can also be used to treat hard-water stains, and is often referred to as an "acid bath" by fancy detailing shops that will charge $40 for it.
after you suspend the solution and rinse it off, give it a good polish and wax.
good luck! | wow. never knew that would work. good thing to know about, just in case. __________________ 
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damn. people are so cruel. If you could only catch them in the act....
I'd rather have them throw a Big Mac at me instead of the ride. Luckily I have a garage and it's a super remote area. We got bears, coyotes and the neighbors big ass nasty dog down the street. If a squirrel sh*ts he barks his ass off.
This makes me want to keep a small detail kit in the trunk in case. I also bought a cheep K Mart car cover awhile back for my Subaru for 30 bux. I throw it on when I'm in the city or any other place where there are a lot of asshats hangin out | | | | | 06-19-2008, 07:40 AM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Marv17 im sry for this... but LMAO , not at you but at the fact that someone actually threw a chicken at someone's car. i mean. come on. WTF, who does that?? lol.... stupid ppl in the world. and i could've deep fried that chicken instead of it being wasted. lol. hope you dont think i was laughing at you btw, just cracking up at the fact it was done. | I've put fried chicken in a water balloon launcher aimed at another ski chalet. It started with busting on some kid relieving himself through the railing and escalated quickly. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 06-20-2008, 01:50 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Long Beach area Posts: 1,189 |
Going OT...
On topic-->If you use vinegar make sure you don't leave it on there for too long...
Have you tried doing any of the methods we suggested yet?
-Randy __________________ 97 Jet Black 318ti Sport. Not so stock anymore!....
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Coming sometime in the future:...SCed 2.1...new (to me) car mod maybe?...all in one car | | | | | 06-20-2008, 02:49 PM | #14 | | Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 46 |
Yes actually I tried the vinegar method. It worked like a charm on the flat horizontal areas where I could sort of soak it for a little bit... so the top of the bumper is nice and clean. However, the headlight... no good. The metal noseplate also still has gunk on it but its much less noticeable. Also the tow hook plastic cover has all that gunk stuffed in the cracks now
I took before and after pics... not sure if people wanna see it though.
Anyone got a set of Depo's you wanna sell?
-Conan | | | | | 06-20-2008, 02:56 PM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
you can pop that plastic piece right off super easily __________________
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