How to properly deal with iron powder and oxidized layers that appear on body paint? One trick to beat it!
  • Time:2025-04-22

Why does your body paint always have rust stains?

Why can't you ever get rid of paint rust stains?

Why the car always has no luster?

As the most practical tool for everyone to travel, in addition to its performance, its appearance is also very important. Long-term parking in the outdoors or driving road conditions are uncertain, it is inevitable that a lot of dirt, especially the iron powder produced on the paint, as well as the oxidized layer formed on the surface of the body. Then in the face of such a situation, this time often many car owners are baffled, do not know how to solve.


What is the reason for the iron powder and oxidized layer on the paint?

Car paint is a resin as the main component of organic compounds, the characteristics of the more fragile. Many substances in the natural environment will cause damage to the paint, the paint itself will be exposed to the air will occur natural oxidation; daily driving encounter scale, bird droppings, acid rain, leaves, etc. will erode the surface layer of the paint, if not cleaned up in a timely manner will also damage the protective properties of the paint.

In addition to these factors, there is a very headache for people, that is, iron powder. Car traveling on the road, will inevitably encounter the construction of the road, then the construction site emitted in the air in the iron powder is very easy to adhere to the car, over time the formation of stubborn iron scale, thus reducing the brightness of the car paint.


How can iron powder and oxidized layers damage the paintwork?

The iron powder fused in and attached to the surface will have an oxidizing reaction with humid air and rainwater, which is different from the harm caused by limescale or bird droppings on the paintwork. After the car paint is attacked by iron powder, it is very easy to make the car paint lose its luster and color, and the white color of the car is easy to yellow.

Iron powder attached to the paint surface for a long time without treatment, it will make the paint surface oxidation speed becomes faster, the formation of “psoriasis”. Paint oxidation deterioration and other maintenance is very difficult, if serious, will lead to paint peeling, peeling phenomenon, and difficult to repair.


What to do when faced with iron powder on the paint? What should I do if the paint surface has an oxidized layer?

Life, brake pad friction, industrial production and construction processes will produce iron powder dispersed in the air, the vehicle driving iron powder will be attached to the surface of the paint, some or due to the speed of the car and stabbed into the paint. With the evaporation of water iron powder will be firmly stuck in the car, and then due to sunlight and engine heat, paint softened by the nature of heat, the surface of the iron powder attached to the fusion into.

In the face of the problem of iron powder on the surface of the paint, if it is a minor phenomenon, we can use iron powder remover with special construction tools to remove the treatment. If the problem is more serious, after the removal of iron powder also need to carry out polishing operations, but too much polishing of the vehicle is also a kind of damage to the paint behavior.

In addition, the car is parked outdoors for a long time, subjected to wind, frost, rain and snow, as well as air conditioning water attack, so that the acid, alkaline stains intertwined and mixed together, accelerating the oxidation of the paint, which not only reduces the car's value, but also damage to the paint protection performance.

Iron powder and oxidized layer on the paint surface of the car body is a great degree of damage to the paint, but also the white car after driving for a period of time why there will be a yellowing of the reason.


Instead of taking measures after the fact, it is better to solve the problem from the root - apply a paint protection film to your car!

Motec paint protection film(PPF) adopts aliphatic TPU substrate, making its anti-oxidation and anti-yellowing performance significantly improved, not only can resist acid rain, tree resin, bird droppings, iron powder and other corrosion of the car paint, but also UV-resistant, greatly slowing down the rate of yellowing.


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