# Can oil eat paint? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 26, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682 "2016-11-26T00:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://community.cartalk.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/1 "2016-11-26T00:56:27Z")
I was working on my car a couple weeks ago and had a little oil on my hands and was leaning on the car with my hands while taking a break. I noticed a oily hand print on the paint and wiped if off. Recently I noticed the pain looked funny in the area where I had my hand, at first I thought it was bird poo but I washed my car and it doesn’t wash off. It looks like there is something wring with the clear coat or paint. I took a picture of it, [http://imgur.com/a/bRuAd](http://imgur.com/a/bRuAd) can anyone tell me what is going on with the paint and if it was caused by the oil or a coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/2 "2016-11-26T02:34:12Z")
If you’re talking about the white spot at the center of the bottom of the picture then, no, I can’t see oil causing that. ---
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://community.cartalk.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/3 "2016-11-26T03:09:25Z")
The white spot is what I’m talking about yes. What do you think is the problem? ---
**Author:** ![MY\_2\_CENTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MY\_2\_CENTS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MY_2_CENTS)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/4 "2016-11-26T03:25:40Z")
If you drag your finger over it does it feel raised or recessed? I’ve never seen motor oil damage paint. ---
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://community.cartalk.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/5 "2016-11-26T03:29:56Z")
It feels rough. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/6 "2016-11-26T05:53:34Z")
Oil may do that but brake fluid used to be the worst. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/7 "2016-11-26T17:19:30Z")
Oil will not eat paint. And if this is the same vehicle that has peeling clear coat that you wrote about in one of your other threads a repaint is in the picture. ---
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/8 "2016-11-26T22:47:49Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > The white spot is what I’m talking about yes. What do you think is the problem? It does look like bird poop that has etched into the clearcoat. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/9 "2016-11-28T06:06:43Z")
I have also seen serious paint damage from brake fluid but it did not look like the photo. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 6:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/10 "2016-11-28T06:13:22Z")
That looks like battery acid damage. When removing over-filled leaking batteries they drip, care must be taken. ---
**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-oil-eat-paint/96682/11 "2016-11-28T12:28:33Z")
Heard of a pxxxed off girlfriend pouring brake fluid on her cheating boyfriend’s car. Saw pictures and after only an hour the paint was destroyed. Never oil though.