Experiment: Balogny slices on a Car's paint job (pics included)

[Juggernaut]

Awhile ago I had read a thread here (someone's dog was poisoned) about taking revenge on someone using balogny slices and putting them on a person's car. Supposedly it will eat away at the paint on the car...

Well my one buddy's car has been diagnosed as "serious condition" and is terminally ill...it only has one week to live. Seizing this opportunity, we decided to give this balogny myth a test and see what will actually happen.


The day is Saturday, August 24th at about 4pm. We commence putting the balogny slices on the car...


These were placed on the trunk of the car...notice the intricate designs?


These were on the roof of the car


Side shot of the car


Closer pic of the roof


Another shot of the trunk (again, look at the wonderful designs we made).

We continued to check on the development throught the rest of the day, and into the evening....the balogny still hadn't dried yet. So we left it longer. Interesting thing though, the balogny was able to remain on the car, even after we were driving it around a bit (went to McD's to get some McNuggets...mmmm). We noticed a few flies around it during the evening however.

The car was then left the entire night to undergo our experiment process. Thinking we could help it along a bit more, on Sunday morning, he put the car out into the sun to make it cook onto it more. Then in the afternoon he went to see his grandma for a bit, and had parked the car under a tree. When he returned, there were a couple squirrels on the roof of the car, eating away! If I was there, I would've taken a picture to show you guys/girls. So once he shooed away the squirrels, he eventually came back to my house (sometime around 4pm). Having the car in the sun and having it dry for so long, actually BAKED the balogny onto the car. We used the windowscrap (noticed in the pictures of the back of the car...that red thing in the back window)



Now....the outcome?? It didn't do a damn thing! Once the balogny was removed, you could kinda see a bit of a grease type ring around were the slices were, but it had not removed the paint at all!!

We were disappointed to say the least, but atleast we put the myth to rest. Balogny + car paint = not a damn thing!

The balogny was pretty good to eat tho while we were putting it on the car

[EvilAngel]

Originally posted by Juggernaut


The balogny was pretty good to eat tho while we were putting it on the car

At least you got something out of it....lol

[Indy]

You want to know what will ruin a paint job? Shaving cream...several friends of mine put shaving cream in the shape of two hearts on the hood of my '81 Cutlass Supreme when I got married back in '88...ate enough of the paint away to leave that shape in there permenantly...

[Juggernaut]

Originally posted by Indy
You want to know what will ruin a paint job? Shaving cream...several friends of mine put shaving cream in the shape of two hearts on the hood of my '81 Cutlass Supreme when I got married back in '88...ate enough of the paint away to leave that shape in there permenantly...

Ok...how long did you have to leave it on for?

We are looking for more ways to destroy the car (aside from blowing it up).

It's toast in a week, so we're going to destroy it. I'll give the shaving cream a go in a day or two...before and after pics will be included.

If anyone else has any ideas they are curious about, we'll try to test them. We're probably going to paint some crap on it too (racing flames lol)

[Indy]

Originally posted by Juggernaut
Ok...how long did you have to leave it on for?

We are looking for more ways to destroy the car (aside from blowing it up).

It's toast in a week, so we're going to destroy it. I'll give the shaving cream a go in a day or two...before and after pics will be included.

If anyone else has any ideas they are curious about, we'll try to test them. We're probably going to paint some crap on it too (racing flames lol)

It was no more than a couple of hours (more like probably 45 minutes or so)...it was in the middle of August, & the temperature was probably 80 - 85...

[Juggernaut]

k cool...we'll do it

[Faust]

i remember "egging" (with eggs would seem fitting) someone's car as being a revenge M.O. never seen firsthand if it does anything.

give that a shot. i would be most interested as to the degree of truth to the tactic.

[Brk]

Shoe polish is killer on car paint.

[Norm]

Brake fluid.

[Brk]

Or let the car sit under glaring sunlight for a few hours and throw a cat on the hood...

[AMPLIFRIER]

the revenge thread was mine....buddy of mine had his dog poisioned by a neighbor

thanks for taking the time to try it out!

AMP

[mountainman]

Your buddy should donate his car to the Skydive Arizona Junk Day Fund. Basically, they have a big plane that they put anything and everything they can think of in and ride it all out. I have a video where they ride out about 4 cars, motorbike, shopping cart, sofa, recliner, water heater, and more.

That would be sweet to have video of his car falling to the earth and then more photos of it when it hits the ground.

http://www.skydiveaz.com

[Andrea]

If you could park the car under a bridge or overpass, then drop eggs on it, you would benefit not only from the egg's distructive nature, but also from the spiraling movement. I understand that an egg dropped in that way can take a car's paint down to bare metal...

[ghost]

Originally posted by Norm
Brake fluid.

Guaranteed.

[JawZ]

Originally posted by Norm
Brake fluid.

Boring!

Lighter fluid followed by match....if ya got the balls to do it that is.

If not....old spice stick deodorant followed by match.

Awwwwww...look at the pretty burning pentagram on the hood! lol

[Norm]

I know a guy who put power steering fluid into his brake fluid reservoir. He figured all fluids were about the same thing.

LOL

He nearly killed himself. It ate all the seals in his brakes.

[7thkevin]

if u want that balongy tirck to work it has ro be a realy hot and sunny day

[messiah]

The ultimate tool is to take a spark plug. Shatter that sucker, keep the pieces of ceramic, and carry it with you in your car. The slightest toss onto any kind of glass will cause a perfect shatter. I mean.. SHATTER! Imagine you just cut someone off and the guy pulls in front of you, flips you off and you see a small white thing flying from his wrist. next thing you know you'll have the vision of a fly. I was shocked at how clean the small pieces of ceramic can shatter a window. I mean, a small toss will do tons. You dont have to lunge it or anything. Just a quick toss. Like you would toss a penny.

[Juggernaut]

The balogny was out in a really hot and sunny day. It was baked onto the car and had to be peeled off.

We have an update for you guys....we took pretty much all your suggestions into place. I have some before pics but have to take the after pics tomorrow (batteries died and it was nighttime at this point). I may make a new thread or continue in this one.

What has been updated:
- Shaving cream
- WD40 (tried lighting it on fire as well. We were disappointed in the WD40, it didn't go up in flames at all)
- Brake Fluid

And for you UOD, lighter fluid followed by a match. Once it was going we sprayed some more on to get the flames going good. I got some nice pics of the fire.

These should be up tomorrow night

[black crowes]

Originally posted by messiah
The ultimate tool is to take a spark plug. Shatter that sucker, keep the pieces of ceramic, and carry it with you in your car. The slightest toss onto any kind of glass will cause a perfect shatter. I mean.. SHATTER! Imagine you just cut someone off and the guy pulls in front of you, flips you off and you see a small white thing flying from his wrist. next thing you know you'll have the vision of a fly. I was shocked at how clean the small pieces of ceramic can shatter a window. I mean, a small toss will do tons. You dont have to lunge it or anything. Just a quick toss. Like you would toss a penny.

I'm interested in hearing more about this spark plug toss. Sounds like a plan to me.

[RoundEye]

Want to try something fun?

Empty the water out of the windshield washer reserve. Connect the line that goes to the squirter, to a vacuum T on the engine somewhere. Fill the reserve with brake fluid. Now every time you go to clean the windshield it will squirt brake fluid into the engine.

This makes a HUGE cloud of gray smoke!

Good for getting tail-gaters off of your ass, and annoying the hell out of people at the bus stop, when you stop for a red light.

[Indy]

bump

[Hopeful]

I WANT TO SEE RESULTS!!!

[De Plano]

The local population is getting restless, we need to see the results! If you don't post them soon we will have to experiment on our cars!

I have seen brake fluid work, won't go into detail, and it is not like it leaves bare metal behind, but it is a noticable mark.

Well you guys need to find a place to jump it, just don't go about it like the guy on the internet video. It won't cost that much to get it towed off a dirt lot