The 7 suffers from getting covered in little spots of tyre rubber - over the course of a day it ends up looking polka dotted which is no good when it should be clean and shiny for race day.

I don't have the time to spend ages claying it after every day's use, and I don't need super duper protect the paint stuff (It'll probably get resprayed at the end of the year), but I need something that will easily get the rubber spots off - any ideas?

It takes quite a while with soapy water and a microfibre cleaning cloth, and can't really use abrasive cloths as it marks the paint horribly and damages the stickers.

 

What about a bug removal cloth? Like a microfibre but with a mesh backing on it. Might work.

 

Bug and Tar remover?
Clingfilm the car?


I would have thought a good coat of wax would make cleaning easy.

Tangoman is the guy to ask

 

All race cars sufer from this.

good wax before taking to the track

regular cleaning between sessions

use a spirit based cleaner to remove the rubber then wax immediatly.

 

Spirit based cleaner? Like what? That sounds like an option! If you could just wipe it down to get the spots off that would be great.

It's only really an issue when we test the day before a race - e.g. Pembrey we're testing friday & saturday morning, then qualy, then a double header on the sunday. Would like to clean it up before qualy and then before the races...

 

I would suggest a rag soaked in white spirit left on the offending patches for a minute to soften it then gently rub it off.
Quick wash then a wax/polish to make it easier to remove next time!

 

I use a de-greaser, the rubber comes off without too much effort.

It doesn't seem to harm the paintwork but it's looking so bloody awful now I wouldn't notice anyway

Respray at the end of the season

 

Autoglym tar remover is sold in most accessory shops.

Follow with a quick spray-wax.

 

Actually, there was a 996 GTthingy in that lovely yellow at my last track day: You should have seen the state of the side panels on the poor thing!

 

There's a much better solution.

Be at the front. Stay there. No spots