# Reappearing pink goo on the handle of my car door

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/reappearing-pink-goo-on-the-handle-of-my-car-door/81631>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** camryhybrid, toyota\
**Created:** [October 3, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reappearing-pink-goo-on-the-handle-of-my-car-door/81631 "2013-10-03T19:18:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![texashydrangea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texashydrangea/32/2765_2.png) [@texashydrangea](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texashydrangea)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reappearing-pink-goo-on-the-handle-of-my-car-door/81631/1 "2013-10-03T19:18:44Z")

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can anyone help explain the phenomenon of this tacky, pink (like bubblegum) goo that keeps appearing on the handle of my car? see picture.

i drive a 2008 camry hybrid & have never experienced this before.

thanks, y’all!

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reappearing-pink-goo-on-the-handle-of-my-car-door/81631/2 "2013-10-03T19:31:22Z")

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You’ve lost a lot of paint. Are you sure it isn’t primer or the underlying plastic?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reappearing-pink-goo-on-the-handle-of-my-car-door/81631/3 "2013-10-03T23:33:40Z")

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Have you considered the possibility that somebody is pranking you?

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**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reappearing-pink-goo-on-the-handle-of-my-car-door/81631/4 "2013-10-04T02:10:11Z")

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Have you been playing Pink Floyd music on your car’s audio system?

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**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reappearing-pink-goo-on-the-handle-of-my-car-door/81631/5 "2013-10-04T02:23:43Z")

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Yes. Someone is putting tacky, pink goo on your door handle.

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**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reappearing-pink-goo-on-the-handle-of-my-car-door/81631/6 "2013-10-04T22:17:45Z")

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It looks like the pink goo called “slime” from the ghostbusters movies, what was that, protoplasm? Who ya gonna call? The picture dosen’t show it well enough to see if it is pink stuff ON the handle, or is it the underlying material of the handle (plastic?) itself with the paint coming off. Rocketman