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OffRoadRuss
Dodge Dakota
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3/13/2002
09:59:47
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 Subject: Concrete on my DAK !! :(
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Help-
I must have gotten too close to a sand and gravel place this weekend looking for some new riding (dirtbike) areas...
I got some concrete dust on my truck that mixed with moisture around the lower panels behind the wheels. I now have some splatters of CURED concrete on my truck. This stuff is on my step bars and wheel wells AND THE LOWER BODY !!! I WISH I HAD MUD FLAPS.
Anyway- I tried to put the power washer (1800 psi)to it and it doesn’t come off... Scraping it leaves scratches in my clear coat. I am looking for any suggestions to remove it. I figure that no matter what, I will have to do some touch-up to the clear coat.
I was considering muriatic acid, but this is a last resort. I would test in an inconspicuous area first of course. I also found a ‘safe’ alternative to muriatic acid online (http://www.safe-react.com/formu_e.htm) and ordered some, but I am open to any other suggestions.
I have the two tone hunter green and lower gray paint combo.
Does anyone have suggestions to get this stuff off?
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Bluethunder
Dodge Dakota
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3/13/2002
10:19:45
| RE: Concrete on my DAK !! :(
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wOW, i WOULD HAVE GUESSES THAT A POWER WASHER WOULD HAVE WORKED.
Before going the acid route, you cab try to scrape it with a fingernail of something plastic. If that leaves scratches in your clearcaot, youy can have the car compounded and waxed...
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xplikt
Dodge Dakota
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3/13/2002
10:47:46
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Be sure you use that pressure washer with the same force on the paint as you would on your own skin.
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DaveR
Dodge Dakota
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3/13/2002
17:06:39
| RE: Concrete on my DAK !! :(
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Try a plastic puddy knife. I used one to take off my emblems and gor no scratches. There is one other thing to try... I saw this handy tool made by 3M for removing trim. It is a flexible flat metal sheet on one end coated with a special paint so as it won't scratch. The other end fits into an airchisle. I wish I would have known about this thing before, 30,000 strokes perminute can fix almost anything :)
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