Interior Exterior
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Okay, here's a real Texas Elise story: Last weekend my wife and I visited my uncle who has a ranch with a driveway that cuts across a cow pasture (see photo). I took the proper line down the drive, which is to say hugging the grass on the right hand side so it would be a smoother ride. When I got to his house I noticed that the front tire had picked up a fresh cow patty that had been hidden by the grass and threw it down the side of the car.
I finally got around to cleaning the poop off of the car about an hour or so later. To my surprise, the Star Shield near the door sill had a dark stain where one particularly fresh piece had been. I cleaned it with soap and water and it didn't diminish the stain at all. During the course of the next day the stain gradually went away. By the end of the day it had completely disappeared.
So, the moral of the story is, if you get an "organic" stain on your Star Shield, don't panic and start trying to find the correct solvent to remove the stain. Just wait and let it go away on its own. A good coat of Zaino, etc. would probably be good insurance too.
John
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That's a BS story.
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That the organic detrius doth fade is good. Inorganic, is another saga. Wife picked up some road debris, (we think fresh asphalt), which left a nasty stain on the film. Nothing, and I mean nothing will remove the stuff.
Evidntly the 3M film is rather porous and once something gets in there it's in for good.
Drivers beware! If you see road repaving being done, go the other way.
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And any splattered bugs not immediately removed tend to leave stains as well...at least on my car they do.
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My girlfriend recently had 3M film applied to her brand new Saab 9 2x. The installer warned her that she should clean splattered bugs off within a week, or they could stain. We waited the better part of a week before the first cleaning, and one of the bugs did leave a very small stain.
I think the StarShield is also 3M film. I wonder how long it really takes for things like bugs to stain it. I could certainly imagine that more agressive things like bits of road tar could stain much more quickly.
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Yup... well yesterday was the day we bought our Elise from the Steve Harris in Salt Lake. We drove it 600 miles back to our house and today I took it out and washed it thoroughly with water. There were little specs of road tar that we the must have acquired last night and i had to really put some elbow grease into the starshield to get it off. It came off though.
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This may help...
I was on interstate 880 going 85 on my sportbike one Sunday when suddenly a square piece of tar slab flew onto the body panel (fairings), after a couple of seconds it fell off but left a serious mark. For weeks I could not get the stain remove, trust me I tried everything. I decided to give up. But then one day I told a buddy about what happen whom also ride motorcycles. He tells me the same thing happened while riding on a freshly paved road and recomended a product called Plexus.
I went out to search for it although I was a little skeptic.
All it took was one spray and one wipe and everything disappeared I almost fainted in disbelief (impossible was what I thought). I remember reading somewhere that the NASA and the Airforce also use the product.
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I told a buddy about what happen whom also ride motorcycles. He tells me the same thing happened while riding on a freshly paved road and recomended a product called Plexus.
I went out to search for it although I was a little skeptic.
All it took was one spray and one wipe and everything disappeared I almost fainted in disbelief (impossible was what I thought). I remember reading somewhere that the NASA and the Airforce also use the product.
Where does one buy Plexus? Would love to know more about it.
TAI.
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I buy mines at a local moto store so you can try to find one in your area but do call first. If not, try doing a search on the internet I'm pretty sure there are online venders out there.