Hello,

Who could peek at this:

http://tinypic.com/r/34h6lx5/5




and guess what it could be, or more importantly, how I might stand a chance to remove it? Sadly it was there when I got the car, but it's been months now, so I want to just focus on removing it.

 

bird crap?

 

Oh no, I wish. It was there, imho its a chemical stain of some kind, probably? from the factory/port?

It catches light and shines a lot; the pic I shot was an iphone camera shot, sadly. I tried to wipe it a bit with the interior cleaner but it doesn't seem to budge. Almost like it's baked-in or something.

Can someone suggest a way to mask it perhaps?

 

Is it sticky? Like pine sap?

The best way I have found to remove stains like this... is with a little white vinegar and a toothbrush and some patience. Since my dentist passes out toothbrushes at every visit, and I have an electric toothbrush... I have plenty of these to go around.

Just get yourself a bowl of straight white vinegar and sit down next to your car with it and the tooth brush and very gently rub at the spot with the toothbrush until it's gone.

Failing that... try the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Just get it damp and gently rub at the spot until it's gone. I would only use this on the plastic surface and stop rubbing every now and then to make sure that it's just taking away the baked in dirt and not anything else. The magic eraser is very mildly abrasive.

 

Male love juice?

 

Ew.

I would start with a little Simple Green, but to each their own. Make sure once you get it off, you condition the vinyl with something.

 

 

looks like it got bleached somehow. And there's no going back from bleach.

 

It definitely looks like it's eaten through the outer layer. Time for a new inner panel.

 

Spray paint it.

 

You tried some rubbing alcohol or Goo Gone yet?

 

dookie!

 

Simple Green is awesome stuff but use a dilluted version. For whatever reason they sell it full strength in a spray bottle. Give the impression that you can just start spraying it straight. I started using it in the engine bay as a cleaner and heard tale of MINI folks removing paint using the straight stuff! (Paint in the engine bay has no clear coat on it)

I cut it down 4:1 with water and it works great. I use it for anything from the engine bay or removing oil spots on the garage floor after a oil change.

Take some of the diltued and get a cloth damp and set it on the stain for about 15 min. Then try the toothbrush

I have never used on the interior so have no idea what it would do to a door panel so check out a inconspicuous spot first

 

cover it w/black shoe polish

 

poo poo!

btw, op, you do realize asking such question with just a pict is pretty werd...

 

What's wierd about asking a question with "just a picture" ?

Here's another one I just took after a bit of goo gone. I *think* it did something...

I'm starting to think it is discolored, and I might indeed do some shoe polish trick.



Pic is in my gallery at full res.

 

It does look like the spot is smaller. Maybe a little vinyl dressing, and let it soak it up and see how it looks?

 

Does Prima Nero count as vinyl dressing?

 

Most Definitely!!!

 

Absolutely...it was sort of what I was hoping you would have

 

update...

So I dabbed some prima nero... meant to take care of it after a few minutes but oops left it overnight...

but even after that a rub rub and... yeah, the spot is indeed very hard to notice now. only under just the wackiest kind of light can you notice it, but I'd say it's been taken care of!

The overnight nero had leaked off to the side, so you can also ever so slightly discern still where it went, but nothing that won't even out as I keep treating the whole door panel.

Thanks everyone for your tips!