Battery Acid vs Car Paint (My car's paint) - OEFF!

[calypso]

Ok so now with all of this distilled water i got from Dischem i decided to check the battery level, as its somethimg i havent done, ever. In and e36 M3 its in the boot and the view is obscured by the CD Shuttle (welcome to the 90's) so i couldnt really see what was going on, so i gave all the cells a guestimate top up, 2 over flowed though.
No big issue, i just used a straw and took some of the fluid out, flinging it into the garden.

Anyways i check my car this morning and i find this.





Not fun at all, i can still see metallic flake in it so it looks like it disolved the clear and badly damaged/discoloured the base coat. Not a good start to a day.

Anyways looks like this will turn out to be a wetsanding experiment, ive covered all the spot with touch up paint and next weekend it give it a bash. If i screw it up hey well it will just have to get resprayed.






So listen chinas, watch out for the battery acid, and rather if you can get a sealed battery.