ran over paint...how to remove?

apk2k6 · Post by **apk2k6** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:59 pm

I apparently ran over paint the other night. My girlfriend and I went to dinner and when I got out of the car to give it to the valet guy, I noticed there was something white splashed all on the side of my car, I thought it must have been clay or something.

I checked it out during the day and I'm pretty sure it's paint, I don't know how it got on my car. It's all in my wheel wells and splashed on the side and rear bumper, it's also in the tread of my tires.

Is there anyway to remove the paint? Some of it comes off if I work at it with my fingernail, but is there an easier way?

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:08 pm

gasoline takes off spray paint w/o harming the factory paint. you have to wax after that, it strips all chemical treatment from the paint. and don't smoke while doing it.

if that doesn't work, i'd try paint thinner after trying it on the underside of the front bumper to see if it harms the factory paint.

you might try a clay bar, but doubt it will work after it drys.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:45 pm

Acetone works wonders...

At least it does with spray paint overspray. Just wipe it fairly quickly and it should come right off - It's how I' got the white spray paint off of my police cruiser when they just sprayed over the decals instead of removing them when they retired the cruiser. Just make sure you re-wax the surface you use it on when you're done.

half_twisted · Post by **half_twisted** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:01 pm

Wenuden wrote:i'd try paint thinner after trying it on the underside of the front bumper to see if it harms the factory paint.

dude your not serious right. paint thinner will fade or make the finish look flat..

all you really need is to buff it out with polish or cleaner.. whatever polish you get make sure it wont damage your finish because that polish will eat through your paint.

funny story, when i was at 14years of age I was waxing my dads truck in the mid summer day. At the peak hotest hour of the dam day.. I must have been under the sun for about 3 hrs detailing the truck when my dad found me standing next to his truck like a zombie polishing the same spot on the hood. The glare on the paint had impaired my sight so I was always trying to polish out a circle figure out of this one spot on the hood. truns out it was the sun and when my dad woke me up I had already polished the paint out down to the primer.. dang

I shouldnt have been out there for that long man.. everytime i closed my eyes that day i could still see that glare figure...

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:02 pm

just an FYI... ALL those chemicals, including the gas, does technically harm the clear. if you use any of those i highly recommend washing at least that area immediatly after

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:09 pm

Yeah, that's why I said to just wipe the area with some acetone on a rag. It'll come right off. No buffing because then you'll be rubbing the acetone into the factory paint and clear. Just wipe, wash the area with car wash soap, then re-wax it. You should be fine.

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:03 pm

at leaast you didn't get the same clay bar clay bar clay bar response here that you got on srtforums... for them to have exponentially more active members than us, they sure don't offer any info.

apk2k6 · Post by **apk2k6** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:03 am

Wenuden wrote:at leaast you didn't get the same clay bar clay bar clay bar response here that you got on srtforums... for them to have exponentially more active members than us, they sure don't offer any info.

So true. Someone did say paint reducer so I'll try that out.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:44 am

try some automotive goo gone from autzone or your local part store, its safer on the paint than the regular goo gone.

Skidman · Post by **Skidman** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:24 am

the best thing to use is isopropyl alcohol...it wont damage ur paint and it will remove the paint stains...i had the same problem when i ran the side of my car against the garage.

Acetone and paint thinners will destroy ur car paint...the alcohol will just remove the latex based paint without damaging ur car...a little wax afterwards and ur done.