How can I get rid of this ?

[Speed 3]

Did my first 2-stage detailing on the wife's F-Pace yesterday and was really chuffed with the result but noticed this for the first time on the front wing:



I was hoping it was some soft sticky stuff but the clay bar wouldn't touch it, nor the medium cutting compound. I suspect its either a resin or varnish but it's set hard whatever it is. Is there any chemical I can use that won't impact the underlying and surrounding paintwork ? Or is it a professional mechanical job with wet & dry ? The car is metallic black.

[toasty]

The first thing I'd try is a razor blade or glass scraper.

[RedAndy]

you need to know what it is before you can safely attempt to remove it.

is it set hard like glass, or stiff like dried glue?

can you get a stanley blade under it to slice it off? Does it react to heat/water?

[Speed 3]

I'm not sure what it is but its set hard. I did consider a scalpel but don't want to do any damage to the base paintwork. I haven't tried softening it yet, that's a good shout although if it is some form of paint I don't suppose that will work.

[steveo3002]

try some cellulose thinners on a cotton bud , if its touch up paint it will come straight off

if you think its had a smart /bodged repair on that panel DONT use thinners on , wont touch orig or quality paint jobs though

[trickywoo]

toasty said:

The first thing I'd try is a razor blade or glass scraper.

Plastic blade razor not a metal one!

Metal one would be a last resort.

[Speed 3]

steveo3002 said:

try some cellulose thinners on a cotton bud , if its touch up paint it will come straight off

if you think its had a smart /bodged repair on that panel DONT use thinners on , wont touch orig or quality paint jobs though

Just ordered some, will give that a go. Pretty sure the panel is original, prior to us for the first 6 months of its life it was a JLR head office promo car so if it did have any work done on that panel, which I doubt, it would have been OEM standard.

[Speed 3]

Cellulose thinners finally arrived and after an hour plus half a pack of cotton buds I finally managed to get rid of the drip. It has left a tide mark and even a run over with cutting compound won’t shift it so I think it have done some damage to the clear coat which only a mechanical sanding will clear. Still looks 100% better though.

[Belle427]

Looks like paint to me, strange one that.

[P. ONeill]

Belle427 said:

Looks like paint to me, strange one that.

Looks like a run after the panel has been repainted.

[Pistonheader101]

have you tried IPA?

[Speed 3]

P. ONeill said:

Belle427 said:

Looks like paint to me, strange one that.

Looks like a run after the panel has been repainted.

Not a repaint, we've owned the car 4 years and it only appeared a couple of weeks ago. I suspect the wife had parked it somewhere someone was doing some varnishing outside. It was a dark brown colour.

I'm probably being picky with the final result, she couldn't see it and I couldn't get a photo that shows it up now to post.

[steveo3002]

my guess is its a drip by accident ...maybe someone was touching in some damage and mistakenly let a drip of paint fall on it and didnt notice

the celly thinners is a good trick when a blind man has touched in some marks , you can wipe it all off and do a neater job