I came out to my car the other morning and someone had egged my car. I have looked over ways of cleaning, but they all are in warm weather. It was and has been in the teens the last few nights and wounder if Eskimos have the answer?
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I've had some on my car for over 2 years. Tried vinegar, goo gone, and lots of soaking and polishing. Nothing. But 20 minutes of Vaseline Intensive Care took about half of it off. I'll keep working with it, but it looks like that's finally the answer.
Absolute best for dried egg yolk is Vaseline intensive care lotion. Gently rubbing with that will take off the yoke and not harm the paint. Warm soapy water will get the white off but not the yolk.
My truck was egged during our Canadian winter, so it was quite frozen. Just a wet paper towel took some of the egg white off. After reading this thread I realized I didn't have Vaseline Intensive Care lotion but I did have Aveeno, so I used that to get off the frozen yolk. It seems to soften egg yolk as well as skin.
No Vaseline lotion available, so I used regular Vaseline and when that did not seem to be working, added the only lotion I had on hand which was some kind of berry. Worked and the egg yolk stains are gone!
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Plain old hot water will remove eggs from cars or walls. Mario
Fortunately when I found that our cars (and front door) had been egged overnight we also had a frost so at least the eggs on the car were still wet(tish). I used warm water and detergent and it came off easily. I removed the large pieces of shell first and hosed down with cold water afterwards.
Just tried your suggestions of using Vaseline Intensive Care to remove egg from my car. IT WORKS! My car was egged early this morning. I parked it in the shade and and put several coats of the lotion over the affected areas making sure to keep it from drying out. After about 10-15 minutes the egg began to soften up and I could gently scrape it with my finger nails.
Dish washing detergent works very well. Just used it and the paint isn't scratched and its like washing dishes..
Wet a sponge, put some detergent on it, put a layer of detergent on all affected areas and wait for like 5 mins. Then use a combo of the sponge and a hose and everything comes right off!
I found this site in a Google search among others. All sites cautioned about hurrying to get the egg off and listed all kinds of remedies. Your "guest post" made the most sense.
My 2000 Intrepid was egged overnight. It was nearly 3pm before I saw it. I had to go to work and had no time to deal with it. I worked all day and drove home at night. I slept late the next day, had to leave and did not get to work on the egg for 36 hours...and the daytime temperature was near 90!
I feared the worst but, based on your posting I thought: "WHY NOT USE HOT WATER AND DISH DETERGENT?" I got a bucket of the hottest water I could stand, added a generous helping of Joy, took a towel and kept slopping it on the car and rubbing. Eventually, it all came off without a hitch.
Now, the car had been damaged and re-painted and it was not original factory paint so maybe that had something to do with it but, there was NO paint damage!
So, THANKS, guest poster...thanks.
My car was egged last night and I noticed it at 3 pm today. I used water from a hose and a sponge and it came off easy. No paint damage.
Our black car was egged in August, while we were away on vacation so the egg was really dried. I knew that many laundry detergents contain enzymes to aid in removing protein based stains such as food and blood.
Used laundry detergent and warm water with a cello sponge - came right off even after being on for a day. Went through car wash (wanted to do it anyway before the winter). No problems.
I had to borrow my sisters BMW wagon for two days. Only thing, I live in smallish town in Georgia so this sort car isn't really accepted or is considered an elite car. The car was egged last night. Odd, I've lived here for a year and no problems with my Chevy truck. Therefore, BMW and such should coat cars for such occasions. Well, just an idea.
My car was egged the other night, and by the time I got home it was frozen on the car because it is winter. When I woke up I washed it off with water and it was fine. I went ahead and used a clay bar to make sure it all came off, then waxed.
I know this is an old post but I just had to comment! My son's car got egged and I didn't realize what had happened till I asked him what was on his car (after a good 2 weeks in summer heat). He told me egg and that he had tried to wash it off but it wouldn't budge. So I took to the ole interweb and found this post. It had just got done raining and figured it may have softened the egg just a bit so I got out the lotion and lubed er up. Let it sit for about 10 min and took a paper towel and started rubbing. After about 20 min and using almost all my elbow grease, I do believe I have rid his car of egg. In the morning he is going to go wash it (currently 11:30 pm) and if any is left he knows what to do. Thank you for the unconventional tip! (8-18-2016)
The best, easiest, simple, and fastest way to remove egg from you car without ruin the paint or do any damage is to use DISINFECTING WIPES. You can get it at Walmart or Dollar store. It wipes the egg off your car in like 30 seconds. Whether fresh or dried cold egg on your car. It desolves the egg in like 30 seconds and wipes everything off and your car will look the same without any harm. I have used it twice on a different occasions and it is the best. Again, DISINFECTING WIPES that kills 99.9% of Viruses & Bacteria. Try it and it works!
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