pray4surf wrote:
>
> Quick overview: I work in an SoCal industrial park, next door a business is
> expanding and the construction is steel frame. Work is being done as high as
> 3 stories up.
>
> Here's my dilemma: since the steel work has begun, I've noticed pinpoint
> spots of rust, literally hundreds on the horizontal surfaces of the two
> vehicles I drive to work (One a Honda). Additionally, every white car (both
> mine are white) or light colored car that parks in the same vicinity
> exhibits the same malady. This is the only commonality amongst the vehicles
> infected.
>
> I suspect that this rust is do to the steel work being done. The workers are
> cutting and grinding three stories up, and it is my belief that the
> prevailing winds carry the steel 'dust' over our parking lot, where it gets
> deposited on the vehicles and when it gets exposed to moisture, it begins to
> rust.
>
> I initially noticed this last weekend when I washed the cars. In order to
> remove the rust I literally had to clay-bar and polish the paint. I only did
> a small portion until I had a chance to evaluate the problem.
>
> If this was overspray from a painter, I think that the contractor would be
> liable for the damages to others private property. Is this any different?
> Other than the fact that this can be much more insidious and damaging...
>
> If I choose to confront the contractor, any suggestions on how best to
> approach this? Points against me is the lack of actual proof. I really have
> no way of knowing that this is the sole cause. It's not like my paint
> analogy because I don't have specks of paint the same color. Points for me
> is the wide 'coincidence' of multiple vehicles with the same damage.
> These vehicles have nothing in common except parking in the same lot as I
> do. Other vehicles parked not downwind are not affected.
>
> I guess this just pisses me off, Keeping my vehicles clean and looking good
> is time consuming enough without having the additional burden of repairing
> damage caused by others...
>
> No, I'm not looking for a financial windfall, I'd simply like the contractor
> pay for the damage he has caused. It could get quite expensive for him if
> 'everyone' were to file similar claims...
>
> Your advice?
>
> Rick
> --
> Computer recommends - Hard drinking calypso poet
you keep your car nice, you use bar clay on it also.. well the bar clay
gets off the metal chips that stay on the car, but it also rubs then
against the paint.. this is why you have rust..... a neighbor of mine
would be out in the front of his house just about every day when he
bought the last of the big T-birds.. always polishing it.. it was
maroon.. nice car. the rag was always maroon from him rubbing the paint
off of it... eventually he had to get it painted.. he removed all the
old paint with his polishing rag.... the best thing to do is get a
bucket of water or hose off the car.....

 

pray4surf wrote:
>
> Quick overview: I work in an SoCal industrial park, next door a business is
> expanding and the construction is steel frame. Work is being done as high as
> 3 stories up.
>
> Here's my dilemma: since the steel work has begun, I've noticed pinpoint
> spots of rust, literally hundreds on the horizontal surfaces of the two
> vehicles I drive to work (One a Honda). Additionally, every white car (both
> mine are white) or light colored car that parks in the same vicinity
> exhibits the same malady. This is the only commonality amongst the vehicles
> infected.
>
> I suspect that this rust is do to the steel work being done. The workers are
> cutting and grinding three stories up, and it is my belief that the
> prevailing winds carry the steel 'dust' over our parking lot, where it gets
> deposited on the vehicles and when it gets exposed to moisture, it begins to
> rust.
>
> I initially noticed this last weekend when I washed the cars. In order to
> remove the rust I literally had to clay-bar and polish the paint. I only did
> a small portion until I had a chance to evaluate the problem.
>
> If this was overspray from a painter, I think that the contractor would be
> liable for the damages to others private property. Is this any different?
> Other than the fact that this can be much more insidious and damaging...
>
> If I choose to confront the contractor, any suggestions on how best to
> approach this? Points against me is the lack of actual proof. I really have
> no way of knowing that this is the sole cause. It's not like my paint
> analogy because I don't have specks of paint the same color. Points for me
> is the wide 'coincidence' of multiple vehicles with the same damage.
> These vehicles have nothing in common except parking in the same lot as I
> do. Other vehicles parked not downwind are not affected.
>
> I guess this just pisses me off, Keeping my vehicles clean and looking good
> is time consuming enough without having the additional burden of repairing
> damage caused by others...
>
> No, I'm not looking for a financial windfall, I'd simply like the contractor
> pay for the damage he has caused. It could get quite expensive for him if
> 'everyone' were to file similar claims...
>
> Your advice?
>
> Rick
> --
> Computer recommends - Hard drinking calypso poet
you keep your car nice, you use bar clay on it also.. well the bar clay
gets off the metal chips that stay on the car, but it also rubs then
against the paint.. this is why you have rust..... a neighbor of mine
would be out in the front of his house just about every day when he
bought the last of the big T-birds.. always polishing it.. it was
maroon.. nice car. the rag was always maroon from him rubbing the paint
off of it... eventually he had to get it painted.. he removed all the
old paint with his polishing rag.... the best thing to do is get a
bucket of water or hose off the car.....