FreddT Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 I live in a very sunny area-as in sunshine over 300 days a year. The one thing that bothered me about my pristine LS with 104K is that it has suffered from severe dings on the front nose-about 20 or so-just above the gold grille radiator trim. It's a white car, and the dings stand out a lot. So recently, I tried to improve the looks by cleaning and waxing the dings-no luck. Finally, I bought the correct touch-up paint, applied it as instructed-2 different bottles plus a clear coat finish. The result was awful.. No way the t/u work was acceptable. I've never been happy with touch up paints anyway-especially on clear coat finishes...So yesterday, I took a bottle of spot remover-Goo-Gone or Goo Go or something like that-a general purpose stain remover you can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. I used it years ago all the time for construction "Punch Lists", but I had never tried it on a car. I was simply hoping to remove the unacceptable touch up paint. I'm shocked at the results. The Goo stuff removed the t/u paint-and also 90% of the dings. While they are still there-to the touch-you cannot see them unless the ding penetrated through all the coats of paint to the base metal. I have about 3 dings remaining. Apparently, the dings create a discoloration that is not removed by simple cleaning. The Goo stuff must dissolve the stain. Let's put it this way-Bright light or garage darkness-The LS now looks fabulousssss..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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