Hey, I frequently wash my Van with Bon Ami.  But it's long, long, past
the "careful with the paint" stage.  Someday, I'll paint.

db

On 8/16/05, Maggie Dew <maggie@westfam.net> wrote:
> I wasn't going to admit this, but seeing as how others have fessed up, I
> will too.
> 
> A few weeks ago, I was having a devil of a time cleaning the fried bugs on
> the front of the van around the grill.  They didn't respond to the usual
> sponge-washing, so I went in the house and got a scrubber sponge and
> started scrubbing them off.  While the area was still wet it looked fine,
> but as it started to dry, it became obvious that my new metallic champagne
> gold paint job had been ground down by the scrubber and was now flat and
> scratched-looking.  Yikes - fortunately only on the very front.
> 
> I got some rubbing compound and worked on it, improving it somewhat.
> Still doesn't shine like the rest of the van.  Also, the bugs that have
> accumulated since then are even harder to get off - even with bug remover
> from the FLAPS.  Should I use the rubbing compound again and then
> immediately wax?
> 
> Maggie (still learning the hard way after all these years)
> '85 Subaru Westy "Anne Bonney"
> 

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