paint

[Aren Jay]

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[sd8683]

Have you tried to use claybar on it?

[Black Dynamite]

Same thing happened to me with some fertilizer that stained my paint.

It buffed out. :)

[03blackvegas]

2000 grit sand paper, low RPM buff, try small spot first.

[Aren Jay]

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[Stranger in the Black Sedan]

If you have never used a buffer before, use an orbital machine first, with the appropriate compound. If that doesn't take it out, you are going to need to rotary buff it. Not for the novice! I have hundreds of $ worth of pads and compounds in my garage for rotary buffing and have been working on a few cars, and am just starting to get the hang of it now. Very easy to completely destroy a finish w/ a rotary machine. But sometimes you need the aggressiveness.

[ckadiddle]

Could have been hydraulic fluid from a pinhole leak in the fire trucks hydraulics system. Seems like that would be more caustic than regular oil and road crud.

[Paul T. Casey]

Claybar is something I've never used, heard it works good.
First I'd try the Liquid Ice Liquid Clay bar
Then, step 1 from one of the name brand wax companies 3 step cleaner/polish.
Then I'd try some clearcoat safe rubbing compound.
Then I'd try the claybar.
Last thing I'd do is sandpaper or buffer if I had little or no experience with them.

[Drock96Marquis]

Before you go too crazy on it, I'd just try some scratch remover (ie ScratchX or similar) with an applicator pad and moderate pressure.

[Vortech347]

Scratch X first, then claybar. I LOVE scratch X

[03Farmmarauder]

Step up to the pro level and use Mirror Finish Products and leave the scratch X behind

[Bobmiddle]

If none of the above work put in a comp claim with your ins co. They should atleast cover part of it.