Lit road flares seem to get pretty hot. I drove by an incident scene where the FD had (improperly, I think, on a city street during the day) laid out a few flares that were on the lane line right next to my passenger side. I got stuck next to one that was six or so feet away. I was able to keep m…

If any damage was done, you would see it when the car is cleaned. if you do not see anything then do not worry anymore about it. happy motoring

Heat and smoke can be very damaging to automotive finishes. I just wasn’t sure how quickly those things can happen in certain conditions. No need to be unhelpful.

Driving under a bridge while they’re up there spray painting it without proper containment is worse.

Sounds like that comes from experience. Is there a minimally-invasive way of fixing that? Paint decontamination and polish?

[image] leanonme_notmycar: I’m sure I’d appreciate the joke if I understood it… “Flare” is the correct spelling… the spelling I used. Not sure why you changed it Correction not intended as joke. I misspelled the word in my reply to you, then another poster corrected me, so I edited the corre…

Well just to answer the paint splatter issue. We were at a hotel in fishkill New York. When I came out in the morning I had some kind if substance sprayed on my new car. Some was dried and some was still a little fresh. Like stucco but might have been clay from one of the those coal guys. At an…

[image] bing: We were at a hotel in fishkill New York. Just finished reading a bizarre novel about Fishkill area of New York state. I never thought I’d hear that name anywhere besides the novel … lol … The Cartographers is about a group of college graduate students who rent a house in that a…

Yeah it is just south of the FDR presidential library and near the freeway. Folks in New England talk funny. Evidently kill means water so you’ll see the term often. I recommend the library though. It ranks right up there with the Reagan library. The JFK library was a disappointment though. Al…

[image] leanonme_notmycar: ounds like that comes from experience. Is there a minimally-invasive way of fixing that? Paint decontamination and polish? It’s a black car and if you looked up close there were tiny specs of a gray all over. I don’t know the cause, but it was around the time I drov…

Yeah mine was black too but the clay bar and scraper works but then you want to polish afterwards. There are lots of YouTube’s.

Driving next to lit road flares - Can it damage paint or materials?

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leanonme_notmycar August 22, 2022, 11:06pm 9

I’m sure I’d appreciate the joke if I understood it… “Flare” is the correct spelling for the incendiary signaling device. That’s the spelling I used. Not sure why you changed it while quoting me.

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Driving next to lit road flares - Can it damage paint or materials?

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