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Jake
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Real weird question!

Post by Jake »

Hi all

A few days ago while driving, and topless of course, into work enjoying the beautiful fresh air when suddenly a cement lorry pulled out of a side road in front of me. Initially, my only thought was how and when can I get pass him (windy country road).

However it became apparent that this lorry had just recently discharged its load somewhere but unfortunately as it turned out for me a large dollop of cement had remained in the shute. So the next bump on road caused this dollop to hit the road and splatter all over the front of the Zed.

I've managed to get the large spots off but im left with numerous pin pricks that really show up on the Montreal Blue and the surface in places is rough to touch. I'm painstakingly trying to remove these tiny spots with my fingernail but it's a long laborious task. I was wondering if anyone knows of a product that would do the job without damaging the finish. I was thinking of products such as tar spot remover etc.

Any help most appreciated

Jake
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Robin
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Post by Robin »

Descaler may work. Cement is alkali like lime scale.
Try on a patch of paint that won't show 1st though.
Lidls W5 descaler is the best.
Or then there's this http://www.wickes.co.uk/cement-grout-fi ... urce=123_4
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Post by Dave'z3 »

That's horrible, no idea what I would do! Best of luck with the removal process...

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Post by rgf »

Same problem with cement experienced by a forum member last year:

http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopi ... ght=cement
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Trevsky
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Post by Trevsky »

If you got the registration number and name of the firm surely you could persue them for insecure load and claim damages
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Titan
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Post by Titan »

Cement spots?
That's nothing :roll:
Look what happened to this poor guy :oops:
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Post by Trevsky »

If you got the registration number and name of the firm surely you could persue them for insecure load and claim damages
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Post by wonderloaf »

Titan wrote:Cement spots?
That's nothing :roll:
Look what happened to this poor guy :oops:
'Dai Geng spent more than a year cementing the brick blocks together which he then carved into a model of a sporty BMW Z4, which can exceed speeds of 150mph.'

Wow, would like to see that! :lol:
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