Welcome back to Detail Garage!
Today we're working on this beautiful Tesla Model S here in the shop.
Now we were looking at it to inspect it before we decided how to wash the car.
We can see the car was covered in all these little yellow spots.
So we get a lot of questions about what are these little yellow spots and how do I take
care of them or will they stain or damage the paint.
So we get a lot of questions about what it is and we've actually had some of these residues
removed from the car and analyzed in a lab.
When you look at it under a microscope the technicians were able to see that it's full
of pollen and digested nectar.
That means its bee poop.
So bees eat nectar and pollen from the flowers and move from one to another and go back to
their hive but when they're out and about they have to poop.
Their just like birds and they'll poop all over your car and that's where you get this
little spots from.
So the good thing is it's not too caustic and it's not as bad as bird poop which will
etch your paint because it's very acidic.
Bee poop is fairly neutral but it gets annoying and it's ugly and it's actually abrasive if
it isn't removed correctly.
So we're going to show you how to take it off without damaging the paint in anyway.
I'm just going to use some EcoSmart because we're indoors and I don't want to worry about
using a hose or bucket.
So I'm just going to clean the car using EcoSmart and a couple microfiber towels.
So to get started by spraying down your surface.
I'm just going to start on the hood.
And I'll get a nice coat of EcoSmart over the paintwork.
Now whenever you're cleaning with a waterless method I'll take my towel and wipe in one
direction that way I pick any dirt with the towel as I go and I don't grind it into the
surface and cause scratches.
Flip the towel once it gets dirty.
And proceed to wipe in one direction.
Now this whole side of the towel is dirty so I'll flip it over and expose a clean side
and keep wiping.
So now that I've cleaned this half of the hood you can see that I still have some yellow
spots stuck on the surface.
So what I'm going to do is flip to a completely clean side of the towel so there is no dirt
at all on this side of the towel.
Now I have to spray a little more EcoSmart right on the surface.
But I don't want to focus on just one spot because I'll be wasting product as it runs away.
Instead I'm going to spray some EcoSmart right into the towel.
I'll focus with a little bit of the towel and gently rub.
You see all the spots immediately breaking off and lifting off the surface so I'll wipe them up.
Now that spot is all clean.
I've removed all the bits of pollen and bee poop from the surface.
I'll move on to this next spot and do the same trick.
There you go you might be able to see a little bit of residue so I'll take some more EcoSmart
and buff it totally dry.
It's also very important you keep your car waxed and you keep your car sealed at all times.
So any little bits like bee poop or airplane fuel you need to take it off the paint so
it won't etch the paint and cause permanent damage.
So I have a lot of the car left to do because the whole car is covered in this contamination.
It's on the paint, it's on the clear plastic head lights, the grill, the windshield and
even the chrome on the side view mirrors.
So I have a lot of contamination to remove.
I'll start by doing a 50/50 so you can see the before and after of cleaning.
After that we're going to clean the rest of the car.
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