Help - removing kumkum stains on new car!

[maheshshanmugam]

Dear All,
My wife bought an i10 and we had a puja done. I usually do not allow the pundit to smear anything on the painted surface of our new cars during puja. Somehow I missed telling him and he has freaked out on the car with sacred ash and kumkum smears.
The sacred ash smears are gone after wiping the car, but the kumkum has left yellow stains on the bonnet of the blue car.
Need advice on how to remove them. Washing with car shampoo did not do the trick. The dealer claims that he has given a teflon coating as part of the deal - is it the teflon that is stained - in which case, it should go with time right?
Mods - did do a search for removing stains - didnt find any and hence the new thread. Kindly move it to appropriate section if it was wrong on my part to start a new thread!
thanks all in advance.
Mahesh

[Ash_vtec]

hi, congrats on the purchase. Try using a little bit of rubbing compound on the area, preferably 3M...works well

[whatcanthisbe]

try a cloth dipped in petrol and wiping the area, that should do the trick

[linuxtechie]

, how come you faced this issue? Was the kukum chemically correct? Sorry cant answer this as never faced the issue.

~LT

[praJEEP]

Originally Posted by whatcanthisbe

try a cloth dipped in petrol and wiping the area, that should do the trick

Urghhh !!! i hate pujaris doing this to my bikes too.this is the best trick to get rid of kunkum, but you have to repeat the same for 3 to 4 times.

[rkbharat]

Same happened to my SX4 last week, and not just kumkum but that red ribbon on the bonnet also left a very weak impression on the bonnet after recent rains in delhi.

Will give a wax polish this weekend.

[praveen_v]

Originally Posted by maheshshanmugam

Dear All,
My wife bought an i10 and we had a puja done. I usually do not allow the pundit to smear anything on the painted surface of our new cars during puja. Somehow I missed telling him and he has freaked out on the car with sacred ash and kumkum smears.

If that sacred ash is of the grainy type, it can very well leave scratch marks on the paint. If there are no scratches, consider yourself lucky. The priest must have used the fine smooth type.

The sacred ash smears are gone after wiping the car, but the kumkum has left yellow stains on the bonnet of the blue car.

How long did you leave it like that?? I remove these at the earliest possible chance (Cant do that in front of parents heh heh!!)

[Sam Kapasi]

I have two words for you. Zippo Fuel.

Use a cloth moistened with Zippo Fuel to remove any stain.