(OK, I think it should go here.)

OK. Today I went to Chinatown to get some stuff. Anyway, Commerce Bank was doing some painting of their new building and today was some fair or parade or some crap and traffic was horrible. I got stopped next to the building the painters were on and they were spraying the paint with one of those guns and it was blowing all over the place from the wind.

I came back today and found some paint speckles on the hood of my 8. They're really small and I have to point it out to people for them to see. I only noticed it because I was washing the car. But, since I noticed them, it's driving me crazy. Is there anything I can use to get it out? I've tried alcohol, gasoline and paint thinner to no avail...

Thanks ahead of time for any help you can give me.


(On a side note, does anyone else have a problem with those thin soft rubber strips that run down the top of the car? Mine have this hazy brown look to them and I can't for the life of me get it clean.)

 

Clay bar will generally remove overspray. I can't believe you used gas and paint thinner on your car.

 

Yes clay bar will definitely remove it...

 

Or you can file a claim against the painting company, they should be liscensed and or bonded to get a job of that magnitude, and if they are then they have to cary insurance against overspray claims. They will remove the overspray for you to keep you from doing things like putting gasoline on your car...

 

If the paint is slightly raised you might be able to scratch it off lightly without damagining the paint but as the others said, the safest, and probably most effective way is to use a clay bar. If you don't have one, you can pick up a Meguiar's Quik Clay kit which includes the clay + clay lube at a local K-Mart or auto supply store.

 

I tested them out on an unseen spot on passenger door. (Under the door when you open it.) The gas and the paint thinner didn't do anything to it and so I tried it on the hood for about 10 seconds then flushed it for a minute with the hose. So, I think I'm alright. Besides, I checked it this morning and nothing happened to that area. :D

I think I'll call Commerce Bank first. Then when they tell me to **** off, I'll go out and buy a clay bar. Thanks for the help dudes. :D

 

I had some doofs like this get overspray on a car of mine once. Believe me, unless it is really severe I wouldn't even think of butting heads with the paint contractor. See "stonewalling" in the dictionary. If you're persistent enough they will offer to fix the damage themselves. This is designed to make you run away screaming, which you should.

If it's just little pinspecks and you had any type of wax or polish on the car, they should come off fine with clay. The sooner the better.

 

I had overspray on my last car. Had the contractors pay for a full exterior buff/claybar/wax.
Worked pretty well.

-HS

 

i work at a paint store. you can buy water base products that will remove overspray and will not affect your paint.

 

FWIW, wiping your OE paint with alcohol, gasoline, or paint thinner won't hurt anything as long as you wax the wiped areas afterward, but claybar is the recommended method and has other benefits too

 

Sorry to bring this thread back, but I dont want to just open a new thread when this covers what i want help with.

I have some fine overspray on my front bumper, its tiny little dots, it actualy looks like silver/white paint on my silver car, anyway, you can feel it, its slightly raised.

I washed the car and then used my claybar, then washed it after, then rubbing compound, then washed it again, then claybar again, then washed again. Its helping a little but there is still massive over-spray on the bumper...should I just keep at it and hope more comes off? The first few times I did it, quite a bit came off, but now its slowed down and seems like NONE comes off when I do it....

The big problem is that this bumper (mazdaspeed) was brand new and on the car for about 1 day, so it didnt have any wax or anything on it.

What are my options, keep going over it with claybar? (I use the mother claybar system) or is there something else to try, that wont hurt the paint on this bumper.

I really wanna wax the bumper/car but I dont want to 'seal' this junk into the paint.

HELP!

 

My advice would be to try Meguiars Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner. I've had pretty good luck with this product getting off small amounts of overspray, tar, bugs. Its a modern alternative to a rubbing compound. Might have to give it a good scrub with this stuff.

 

hrmm thanks